UtahTexan Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 7 hours ago, Garden Girl said: I'm so glad it was such a day, CB... How did your song go? The words are beautiful... can/will you share? So glad the Fireside went well and that you were able to touch some hearts... GG Thanks, Cuz.... Here are the lyrics I wrote... You know he didn’t have to, He could have walked away And who could have blamed Him, it was an awful price to pay For someone who had never sinned to pay for those who did We always say it was His choice, but who are we trying to kid Chorus: It should have been me, not someone like Him To pay for all my faults, for each and every sin And I often wonder as He hung on that tree If He ever thought that it should have been me Every stripe upon His back was for something that I’d done And I made the crown of thorns, I picked each and every one I placed the cross upon His back, and prayed that He would fail And I didn’t hold the hammer, but I placed each and every nail Chorus: It should have been me, not someone like Him To pay for all my faults, for each and every sin And I often wonder as He hung on that tree If He ever thought that it should have been me Bridge: And every time I sin, does He still feel the pain And does He ever wonder if He did it all in vain And I ask myself every now and then If He had to do it over would He do it all again.... Chorus: Or would it be me, not someone like Him To pay for all my faults, for each and every sin And I often wonder as He hung on that tree If He ever thought that it should have been me 3 Link to comment
nuclearfuels Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Right before strong spiritual experience, the adversary brings out the big guns of temptation, distraction, diversion, etc. You'll make it through this and choose the right, my friend. I was in an accident and had three vertebrae fused the day after my 19th birthday. Still served a mission which none of my siblings could due to chemical imbalances. Link to comment
mnn727 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 On 10/26/2011 at 8:57 PM, stevedallas said: I love the present LDS Church, but have many issues with the past. I love what appears to be current doctrines (or most of them), but have problems with older doctrines (or what they appear to be). I don't know of anyone that has a testimony of the history of anything. Christ was the only perfect being. Anytime you add humans to the equation you'll have problems. Link to comment
mnn727 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) On 10/29/2011 at 3:01 PM, stevedallas said: wow. I have never had anyone tell me that I am not living His teachings before. Not sure how to take that. I didn't realize that this was a 6 year old thread until the bottom of page 3 Edited November 7, 2017 by mnn727 Link to comment
Garden Girl Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 23 hours ago, nuclearfuels said: Right before strong spiritual experience, the adversary brings out the big guns of temptation, distraction, diversion, etc. You'll make it through this and choose the right, my friend. I was in an accident and had three vertebrae fused the day after my 19th birthday. Still served a mission which none of my siblings could due to chemical imbalances. 1 hour ago, mnn727 said: I didn't realize that this was a 6 year old thread until the bottom of page 3 Hello nuclear and mnn... This has been an incredible journey for Steve (dallasattorney, Country Boy, Utah Texan)... his story can be found on the LDSLiving site, and I believe will be in an upcoming LDS Living Magazine... you may know, nuclear, that he did "make it through" and has since been rebaptized and received reinstatement of his priesthood and temple ordinances... he and his wife now live in Salt Lake, and he is the Gospel Doctrine teacher in his Rose Park ward... he recently baptized his wife... (and I love it that through corresponding with him on this board we discovered that we are family... cousins). GG 3 Link to comment
mnn727 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Garden Girl said: Hello nuclear and mnn... This has been an incredible journey for Steve (dallasattorney, Country Boy, Utah Texan)... his story can be found on the LDSLiving site, and I believe will be in an upcoming LDS Living Magazine... you may know, nuclear, that he did "make it through" and has since been rebaptized and received reinstatement of his priesthood and temple ordinances... he and his wife now live in Salt Lake, and he is the Gospel Doctrine teacher in his Rose Park ward... he recently baptized his wife... (and I love it that through corresponding with him on this board we discovered that we are family... cousins). GG Yeah, I see he changed his name but I have only gotten up to page 8 so far, I wondered how it came out. Edited November 7, 2017 by mnn727 Link to comment
Garden Girl Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 10 hours ago, mnn727 said: Yeah, I see he changed his name but I have only gotten up to page 8 so far, I wondered how it came out. Yes, it came out just as I described above, which you quoted... it's been incredible... GG Link to comment
Tacenda Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 (edited) On 11/7/2017 at 1:47 PM, Garden Girl said: Hello nuclear and mnn... This has been an incredible journey for Steve (dallasattorney, Country Boy, Utah Texan)... his story can be found on the LDSLiving site, and I believe will be in an upcoming LDS Living Magazine... you may know, nuclear, that he did "make it through" and has since been rebaptized and received reinstatement of his priesthood and temple ordinances... he and his wife now live in Salt Lake, and he is the Gospel Doctrine teacher in his Rose Park ward... he recently baptized his wife... (and I love it that through corresponding with him on this board we discovered that we are family... cousins). GG GG, Steve talks about your influence in his life! ETA: I mean Dusty! Edited November 12, 2017 by Tacenda Link to comment
Garden Girl Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 8 hours ago, Tacenda said: GG, Steve talks about your influence in his life! ETA: I mean Dusty! Hello Tacenda... Thank you so much for posting this... I hadn't seen it yet... It was great to see Dusty (Steve) in person... Dusty will always be "Steve" to me because after we started emailing back and forth (before we knew we were family), I would call him his screen name which was CountryBoy... or I'd refer to him as CB... finally I emailed him and said... Aren't you ever going to tell me your first name? He wrote back and said... lol... my name is Steve... So, I call him Dusty, but he's Steve... I should explain my telling him of my feeling of being "drawn to him." When I read his first entries in this thread, something touched me about his posts that other posts didn't... I received a real prompting to reach out to him. It was quite strong... so I emailed him, giving him encouragement and sharing some of my spiritual experiences with him... telling him that I had been inactive for over 30 years, and that I understood the "pull" and inner battle he was experiencing, even though unlike him I did not lose my testimony... I had just pushed mine to the back of my mind and heart when I married my non-LDS husband. But through the years the Spirit would also tug at me, until I finally heeded its call... 3 years prior to my husband's death... my sympathy/empathy for Steve was very deep, which was puzzling in a way. I firmly believe that I was placed in Steve's life path by a loving Heavenly Father who was very aware of Steve's struggle... and that he felt alone in his struggle because of his situation with his family... so here was I, unbeknownst to either of us as we emailed, that we were actually cousins. It wasn't until I felt I had exhausted all I could in bearing my testimony, etc. to him. and finally emailed him and told him I would just have to wish him well and hope that he would find the peace he so wanted... He emailed back and said, Darn! I want one telephone conversation... will you share your number with me? (something he would not normally ask of someone online, but he felt prompted to do so). When he asked, at first red flags went up for me, but then I felt prompted to give him my number. A few minutes later my phone rang and it was Steve... we talked and when he told me he would always cherish the fact that he had once had a testimony, it was evident to me that there was nothing more I could say... so I wished him well... but he continued... You know, my two best friends are LDS, and then there's my relative out in Utah... Dean Jessee... I said, Wait a minute Steve... did you just tell me you're related to Dean Jessee?... Yes, he said... I told him, Steve! I'm a Jessee!! Dean and I are cousins!! With that we started comparing family history info... we share the same Gr-Gr-Gr-grandfather (John Jessee). His and Dean's direct line comes through one of John's sons, and my line comes through another of John's sons... hence, cousins... and now dear friends... we talk on the phone often... Dusty's journey has been incredible... GG 2 Link to comment
Jeanne Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 17 hours ago, Garden Girl said: Hello Tacenda... Thank you so much for posting this... I hadn't seen it yet... It was great to see Dusty (Steve) in person... Dusty will always be "Steve" to me because after we started emailing back and forth (before we knew we were family), I would call him his screen name which was CountryBoy... or I'd refer to him as CB... finally I emailed him and said... Aren't you ever going to tell me your first name? He wrote back and said... lol... my name is Steve... So, I call him Dusty, but he's Steve... I should explain my telling him of my feeling of being "drawn to him." When I read his first entries in this thread, something touched me about his posts that other posts didn't... I received a real prompting to reach out to him. It was quite strong... so I emailed him, giving him encouragement and sharing some of my spiritual experiences with him... telling him that I had been inactive for over 30 years, and that I understood the "pull" and inner battle he was experiencing, even though unlike him I did not lose my testimony... I had just pushed mine to the back of my mind and heart when I married my non-LDS husband. But through the years the Spirit would also tug at me, until I finally heeded its call... 3 years prior to my husband's death... my sympathy/empathy for Steve was very deep, which was puzzling in a way. I firmly believe that I was placed in Steve's life path by a loving Heavenly Father who was very aware of Steve's struggle... and that he felt alone in his struggle because of his situation with his family... so here was I, unbeknownst to either of us as we emailed, that we were actually cousins. It wasn't until I felt I had exhausted all I could in bearing my testimony, etc. to him. and finally emailed him and told him I would just have to wish him well and hope that he would find the peace he so wanted... He emailed back and said, Darn! I want one telephone conversation... will you share your number with me? (something he would not normally ask of someone online, but he felt prompted to do so). When he asked, at first red flags went up for me, but then I felt prompted to give him my number. A few minutes later my phone rang and it was Steve... we talked and when he told me he would always cherish the fact that he had once had a testimony, it was evident to me that there was nothing more I could say... so I wished him well... but he continued... You know, my two best friends are LDS, and then there's my relative out in Utah... Dean Jessee... I said, Wait a minute Steve... did you just tell me you're related to Dean Jessee?... Yes, he said... I told him, Steve! I'm a Jessee!! Dean and I are cousins!! With that we started comparing family history info... we share the same Gr-Gr-Gr-grandfather (John Jessee). His and Dean's direct line comes through one of John's sons, and my line comes through another of John's sons... hence, cousins... and now dear friends... we talk on the phone often... Dusty's journey has been incredible... GG Wow...what a story...I would love to find a long lost cousin...in this wonderful way. Though Steve may not think so...I do wish him the very best...and family is just everything. Hugs..Jeanne 1 Link to comment
Tacenda Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 4 hours ago, Jeanne said: Wow...what a story...I would love to find a long lost cousin...in this wonderful way. Though Steve may not think so...I do wish him the very best...and family is just everything. Hugs..Jeanne Dusty a.k.a. Steve, is a lot funnier than I thought. Very likeable guy. I tried not to be skeptical about what he had to say...but if all is true, there was something that seemed to be guiding him where they thought he needed to be. Link to comment
Rain Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 On 11/12/2017 at 11:02 AM, Tacenda said: GG, Steve talks about your influence in his life! ETA: I mean Dusty! I want to thank you too. I listened to almost all of it and then started it over and listened to it with my family for FHE. 2 Link to comment
Tacenda Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 You're welcome, Garden Girl and Rain. I really just happened across it, that tells you I spend way too much time on the internet. Link to comment
Garden Girl Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 3 hours ago, Tacenda said: Dusty a.k.a. Steve, is a lot funnier than I thought. Very likeable guy. I tried not to be skeptical about what he had to say...but if all is true, there was something that seemed to be guiding him where they thought he needed to be. Tacenda... I can vouch for the many "miracles" and tender mercies that have happened... also ones that were not covered in the interview... He's a warm, humorous man who loves his family, particularly his wife... even their story is very special... and just recently he was able to baptize her... GG 1 Link to comment
UtahTexan Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 (edited) wow....have not been here in a really long time and popped by for some nostalgia. Guess anonymity is not an issue anymore.....lol Edited November 14, 2017 by UtahTexan 3 Link to comment
Jeanne Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 6 hours ago, UtahTexan said: wow....have not been here in a really long time and popped by for some nostalgia. Guess anonymity is not an issue anymore.....lol Good luck to you! Link to comment
UtahTexan Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 5 minutes ago, Jeanne said: Good luck to you! Thank you..... Link to comment
bsjkki Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 That was really fun to listen to! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment
UtahTexan Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Has been wild. I have done 8 Firesides in Utah and Texas and set for 15 more so far in Utah, Colorado, and California. I have many more requests from all over the world. The Lord has brought me a long way from anti-Mormon days. 3 Link to comment
Tacenda Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, UtahTexan said: Has been wild. I have done 8 Firesides in Utah and Texas and set for 15 more so far in Utah, Colorado, and California. I have many more requests from all over the world. The Lord has brought me a long way from anti-Mormon days. Well, you are probably quite an anomaly it appears then. You've managed to come from one point to the other or full circle. I wonder why it's so difficult for so many to do what you've done. I'd love to see one of your firesides! Edited January 13, 2018 by Tacenda Link to comment
UtahTexan Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 10 hours ago, Tacenda said: Well, you are probably quite an anomaly it appears then. You've managed to come from one point to the other or full circle. I wonder why it's so difficult for so many to do what you've done. I'd love to see one of your firesides! PM me where you live and I will tell you if I have any scheduled near you Link to comment
Tacenda Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 10 hours ago, UtahTexan said: PM me where you live and I will tell you if I have any scheduled near you Kaysville, Utah. It's approximately 15 minutes away from downtown Salt Lake. Link to comment
UtahTexan Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 42 Firesides later...I am still having fun...... 4 Link to comment
Tacenda Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 11 hours ago, UtahTexan said: 42 Firesides later...I am still having fun...... Darn, and I missed probably half of them that were in my area. Do you have a schedule still? Link to comment
UtahTexan Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 23 hours ago, Tacenda said: Darn, and I missed probably half of them that were in my area. Do you have a schedule still? yes...... Link to comment
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