Show Commentary Just like the sailors what we need The Amazon River is the larg- est river in the world The mouth is 90 miles across There is enough water to exceed the combined flow of the Yangtze selves we w ill find that in many Merlin the magician Merlin explained there were ways we have learned to protect U kind and loving knights did He three castles on the path He ourselves from what we see as a fought foes who were bad mean could not go over under or hostile world Our armor is not and hateful In order to do this around them He had to conquer as easily seen Sometimes it Shirley Jones he wore shows up as an invisible wall beautiful shiny armor the task as presented Pastor He off bejOdS Soett that we dare others to climb ws always fighting drag£ J The goal was to learn to love ons and rescuing beautiful maidthat: He learned the self Only over we give off unapproachable anger vibes that say “leave me they needed to do was lower ens As a matter of fact he had when one is alone can one drop their buckets so must we become very little time for his wife and the armor 2 alone" We are sometimes “LitOnly in silence aware and do something tle Miss Sunshine" or “Mr child with does one come in contact In order to drink from the His wife soon grew tired of the voice of the “real" self It Grumpy" this and complained that his son took more courage for him to be great reservoir of life we must: 1 What is your armor? What is Become aware that the source of had forgotten how he looked As alone with himself than it took keeping you from hearing your what we desire is available to us a matter of fact she had begun to to voice? This is the comforter fight dragons He was afraid 2 Do something to cause a take the boy to the main God with us — Immanuel the part of to be alone and in the utter sichange in our relationship to it the castle to show him a picture lence He wasn’t getting anystill small voice It is found in 3 Ask 4 Follow of the knight where until he faced his fear of the silence from which everyIn order to do any one of The knight knew he had to do silence and the fear of being with thing comes We come in conthese we must be open or at something So he decided to take himself He realized how his tact with this presence whenever least exposed and be receptive to off the armor To his horror he ways had caused his wife and we have had an emergency — fia new way of being and relating found he could not get the arnancial illness death of a loved son to be encased in silence to that presence we call God mor off He could not even get from him and he shed tears of one or concern for a teenager Most of us were given the conthe visor up so he could eat His remorse while in the emergency we have cept that God is to be feared be- wife mashed his food and fed made contact a heard he After many tears cause God gets angry and when him as best she could As patient was He him This y ear can be our best year to voice talking that happens God takes revenge as she was she grew tired and if we will allow ourselves to rise wondered who it and startled Jesus came to remind us that told him if he didn’t take that from was it voice The was mediocrity If we will allow explained God is indeed love and all good armor off she and his son would — The him ourselves to come from love real the himself and is not far off in the heavens leave him The knight began to himself need from accepfaced and he than had rather but is totally accessible right panic but decided it was time to knight all after than expectation bad so tance wasn't rather found he where we are: “He is within take the armor off He really did fear than rather this true trust he After discovered you" How then can we partake love his wife and son and didn’t fell off himself his armor of part The journey toward w holeness of this infinite God? This modernwant them to leave himself on the othThe knight started out to find and he found -day begins when we realize we have parable illustrates a task to complete and we don't Once upon a time there lived help He was told that the only er side of the castle in a far away land a knight who person who could help him was If we would be truthful to our have to do it alone was very good kind and loving He did all the things that good From the Pulpit Mississippi and Nile Rivers So much water comes from the Amazon that its currents can be detected 200 miles out in the Atlantic Sailors in ancient times would sometimes find themselves adrift helpless and without water They would be dying of thirst Sometimes other ships from South America would know the area and come along side and ask the sailors “What’s your problem?" The sailors would respond that they were dying of thirst The sailors would remark “Just lower your buckets You are in the mouth of the great Amazon River" They were dying of thirst while in the middle of plenty That is our challenge: We are ill in the middle of health poor in the middle of wealth sad in the middle of joy fearful in the middle of peace We don't know we have buckets and we don’t see that we are in the middle of all that we desire Just as the sailors had to be told they had the water they needed within their grasp and all is within reach j 1 Celebration of Easter begins in Soviet Union MOSCOW (AP) — A week-lon- g celebration of Easter is to begin in Red Square today the first legal public observance of the festival in the Soviet Union’s capital planners say On the Eastern Orthodox calendar Easter falls this year on April 7 a week after the Western observance Various events are on the program of the Soviet observance called “Happy Easter Moscow" After the opening in Red Square with a candle-li- t prayer service and reading of the Easter Gospel the series of events will conclude April 13 also in Red Square with prayers of gratitude “These might be hard times but they don’t need to be bad times in Moscow" said the Rev JW Canty an Episcopal priest from the United States and group' the of the sponsoring Joint Soviet-U- S which an estimated 10000 orphans and handicapped children and adults are to be welcomed at various performances include the Soviet Naval Orchestra Bolshoi Theater Moscow Circus Orastov Puppet Theater Durava Childrens Animal Theater and GUM department store Conference on Charitable Cooperation SALE Russian singer Alla Pugachova who heads the sponsoring group with Canty called the affair a “new opportunity for Muscovites to put into action the joy and love of Easter combined with the values of caring for the “We have prayer we have the needy to love and be nourished by and we have artists to share with us in God’s beauty” Canty said Participants in the affair in less OFF fortunate” ON ALL LDS BOOKS FREE Your Complete OGDEN Ogden City Mall 627-315- April 6 1991 2 LAYTON Layton 546-366- HHIs Mall 8 APRIL 6 & MON APRIL 8 SAT ONLY! of each 2 Suits Pant Suit with this coupon $19900 at Ogden Layton and Bountiful Stores SAVE ON OTHER CONFERENCE SPECIALS ALL YELLOW STICKER BOOKS ON SALE THROUGH APRIL 15 2 Pant Wool Blend nt ALL AT THE RIGHT PRICE Shirt and Tie RELEASES Free Planning Calendar w purchase while supply lasts (Excluding Yellow Sticker Sale Books Scriptures and Church Supplies) MISSIONARY HEADQUARTERS The Right Suits The Right Shirts Ties and Socks The Right Shoes PJ’s and Robes The Right Rain Coat Top Coats The Right Belts and Accessories The Right Luggage and Briefcase INCLUDING ALL NEW CONFERENCE e e Expert Tailoring Free Fast Alterations BOUNTIFUL 660 W 292-12- 36 TOO N with purchase Valid JORGENSEN’S ONLY! 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