02/08/2025
Are You There? This Is The Place!!
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When the Mormons' oxen-drawn wagons wheels finally screeched to a halt at the Great Salt Valley after a blistering and weary journey, their leader Brigham Young saw the Salt Lake and exclaimed, "This is the place." And they settled there!
Mormons were a religious group looking for a place where they could settle and practice their religion without interference. They had been chased out or turned away in many places such as Nebraska, New York, Ohio, and Illinois. finally on July 24, 1847, after traveling more than 1,200 miles, they reached Salt Lake Valley and settled there. Utah became their new and final home!
But to reach the Great Salt Lake was sacrificial. It was a journey full of setbacks. Ostensibly, many didn't make it! The story of Mormon Trails is a story of incredible courage, determination, and faith!
Have Faith!
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The search for freedom can be an intimidating experience!! It may not be necessarily a quest for religious liberty as was the case of the Mormons. Our struggles may come from heath, financial, or relationship issues! When such times come, all we want do is to give up! But as I've always said, winning is a product of attitude, not an overture of chance or conditions! At times the situation may appear insurmountably difficult! But winning doesn't require much of our physical or intelligence output. Yes these two qualities are good.But hard or smart work alone doesn't guarantee success. We need a strong belief in ourselves-- having faith in our God-given abilities. In short, we need to cultivate a winning attitude--a conviction that we CAN regardless of our present circumstances!!