Bill “Papa” Lee

You type, write, and draw cartoons? Go figure? Oh, and your head looks too big for your body.

Oddly enough, I gave you a rep-point. At this post reminded me of your great quotes of Great men, on your signature lines, I had forgotten these quotes you list, as I have always loved them, when you post. Where I am reminded of these great men, and words filled with such wisdom. As for your post, take this advice, haven broken my back in May 2012, in three vertebrae, Opioids build up a tolerance, to the point, that 2 once did, soon will lead to 6, then 8, then 10. So it should be a last resort. However, I have had many surgeries, if you are married, or someone you know will be true to you. If you have either, let them lock them up, and give them to you, as does my wife of 48 years. Otherwise they can, or will consume you. Until one month, you will find yourself short of meds, by days or weeks. As all you want, is to not hurt. Pain can consume your life, or drive you to take whatever you need to just feel normal, painless, and whole again. God bless you in whatever path you must walk, as we are all different, in so many ways.

I once asked the question, do women, or can they have, or hold the Priesthood? An elderly sister said (to our Sunday School class, “women are given certain powers while working via certain functions in the Temple. As far as myself having it, I lost it when my husband of 56 years died.

BTW, I am so glad you are no longer limited, @Tacenda. Not to mention you the fact, you are now a contributor, a status I am not sure I ever obtained. Be that as it may, I am glad you can reply as much as you like. Because you are now able to start your own threads. Looking forward to hear (read) what you have to say, God bless my friend, i am happy for you.

GG has done much for so many, including this poster who once believed he had to answer to all things! Just love her!

This is so great.

Here is the proof I have of it’s Divine origin. I was on a live fire exercise in West Germany, in January 1979. Our commanding officer, asked me to drive the three hours back to Base. I was so very happy, as I had already been away from my family for two weeks. I arrived early in the morning, and was able to be at home overnight. However, I had orders to pick up our commanding officer by 16:00 hours, 4 PM. I had finished packing, for a cold journey. A woman, a friend of my wife, Peggy Spencer showed up 20 minutes before I had to leave. She said, “I have been talking to your wife, and she tells you love to read religious books”. I told her I did, by this time my duffel bag was packed to the max. So, she hands me the older type of the Book of Mormon, with the picture of the Angel Moroni on the cover. The very moment this book touched my fingers, I turned all but breathless. So much so, I could ask her in a whisper, “what is this”? She started to explain, but I realized I had to go, so I placed in the top of my duffel bag. Our return trip to this live fire location, turned from a three hour drive, into a five hour drive, due to a blizzard. However despite the cold, and poor visibility, yetI could think about anything more than this book. As the Scriptures say, “blessed are those that see and believe, but more blessed are them who do not see and believe”. I hope I quoted the Scripture properly, as well as all else. in short, your Brother Bill Lee is a believer, for 45 years and counting.

I am so sorry for your troubles, and the heartache that accompanies such situations. However, knowing this, you are and will now be in my prayers. In the past two years, I have suffered with very difficult physical pains, and three surgeries. But any type of physical pain, is nothing compared to emotional pain, God bless you, my sometimes cyber friend, from years gone by. I pray even more for your “mud-kids”, who often suffer so much more when their parents part ways, no matter how it happened. Having lived it as a child, it is confusing, mind numbing, leaving (at least for me) conflicted and insecure. I don’t think I need to tell you this, but you need to move both, “Heaven and Earth”, to be ever present in the lives of your children. Something my bio-father never did, however my Father in Heaven, sent to my Mother and her three kids, I being the youngest. He was a great man, and a Baptist Minister, who also adopted us, changing my last name to “Lee”, instead of “Nation”. I was truly blessed, and proudly bare his name, as he me with so much, a “strong work ethic”, an a “soul filled with compassion for all”, and what it means to be taught me “good man”. I lost him in June 2006, and still go to his grave, and now since 2014, my Mother as well, to pray, and seek their advice. God Bless You, @Mudcat.

Yes safe.

She is safe, on the ground

First of all, I always fell better, when those I love are on the ground. In this case, one of my babies is in the air, headed to another country. Having flow (property”, 200,000 miles). However, I worry when anyone is in the air, I worry. I worry, because in the ARMY, I was in three, emergency landings. I also made the mistake of looking up looking up news articles be they benign issues, and crimes. Now, I have a sick feeling. I will be offering a lot more prayer, until she comes home. At least two of my children served missions in the U.S.

My granddaughter finally received her VISA, and will be leaving California for Peru. It only took almost six months of her, eighteen month mission to go there. In the last three months, she has sent out group e-mails, of different situations where she has had her feelings hurt. Two concerning “male investigators”, who have said serious vulgarities toward her. The others from other Sister missionaries who just felt the need to bring her down. I did all I could to both speak comforting words, then I gave a single sentence comment of the written word, my written word… ”For if any man or woman shall give thee offense, Turn the other cheek, and then call your Papa, and he shall appear”!

Way to go…

There are number of issues here. The Church will baptism and who claim they will repent. I once was a part of a Stake Council, where we discussed the excommunication of a gay man. He was not being excommunicated for being gay, he was faced with excommunication for stealing money from tithing offerings, to pay for trips to see, or go on cruises to be with his lover. One High Counselor asked, are we excommunicating this guy for being gay? I told him, gay people can be baptized, and be members with callings, as long as they obey the commandments. In this case, we are only considering the steeling of Church funds. Often it was steeling his wife’s tithing. However, even though married, once tithing envelopes are giving to a member of the Bishopric hands, no one can claim it, or request the envelopes, it is Church funds. The guy I speak of, knowing this his wife, who had a good paying job, always paid her tithing in cash. Since he was Ward Clerk, he would destroy the tithing slip, to pay for trips. He did so, as she made a lot of money, in he 10%, and Fast Offerings. There was not enough information to link his adulterous affairs. However, since he was excommunicated for theft, it did not matter what he did after. He did not even care enough to show up, and had already left his wife and two children. On a personal note, nothing justifies adultery. Because my bio-father got another woman pregnant, and left my Mother, and three children, myself being the youngest, I have nothing but contempt for those who cheat. In two day, I will be married 48 years, and no matter how hard it has been at times, I would not, nor could I ever break the heart of my wife, or my four children. I love her, my children, my grandchildren, more than life itself, as they also love me. Anyway, nuff said.

My process of determining what is of and from God, has always been ongoing. Learning as I did from my Minister Father, feelings alone are a danger that cause to reject all scripture. Therefore, whenever I encounter anything that causes me to question my Faith, my beliefs, etc. I have developed a patience that will allow me the time, to study it out with as many sources as I can locate, along with constant prayer to know the truth. My Daddy was a man wise beyond his years, as he had been giving me this advice when he was in his 30’s, and I beginning at the age of eight. He trusted me at that age, to have Faith, and the ability to understand what Faith means, and continues to aide me. Even today, at 66 years of age, in many situations, my Father is still the voice in my head. I have had two voices in my heart, one is thankfully is my Mama, the other is the Holy Spirit. Because of this, I have been able to weather the storms of life, as it has been a lighthouse unto me for the many storms that have rocked my life, until this day.