Lions and Tigers and Bedlamites, Oh My!

<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7vi0J0Ln0pIiI-eG66R0MMELboVbrmfbuHjTaWp0IAl9v_v80Bmk1jzyFSXlBFT7B3bRtpLTigdoN0N6IM0Xg05yDnEklWFzExDawU9TitT6fZ9URbMhu7z6DLFIrhImLlufZaU8o_4/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7vi0J0Ln0pIiI-eG66R0MMELboVbrmfbuHjTaWp0IAl9v_v80Bmk1jzyFSXlBFT7B3bRtpLTigdoN0N6IM0Xg05yDnEklWFzExDawU9TitT6fZ9URbMhu7z6DLFIrhImLlufZaU8o_4/s1600/1.jpg" /></a>First things first, we can’t say enough about how wonderful April 2011 <a href="http://lds.org/general-conference?lang=eng">General Conference</a> was this past weekend, we felt saved, sanctified and Holy Ghost filled! Now let’s get to <a href="http://lds.org/church/leader/jeffrey-r-holland?lang=eng&query=elder+holland">Elder Jeffrey R. Holland</a>! When Elder Holland made that hilarous remark about trying to hold <a href="http://lds.org/hf/fhe/welcome/0,16785,4210-1,00.html">Family Home Evening</a> inspite of the bedlam in a house reigned by little "bedlamlites," he had us rolling (urban translation, rolling: laughing extremely hard). The word Bedlamites is definitely getting added to the Mormon dictionary, right next to Nephites and Lamanites. </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Bedlamites will now be the beloved word used to reference rambunctious children; it will be the loving way Primary teachers refer to their unruly pupils. Sunbeams and Bedlamites will probably now be interchangeable. We can see the t-shirts that Desert Book will start selling; “My Bedlamite is cuter than your Bedlamite,” “Lions and Tigers and Bedlamites, Oh My!” “Todays’ Bedlamite’s are tomorrow’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_thousand_stripling_warriors">Stripling Warriors</a>.” </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, when we looked up bedlamite on Dictionary.com, (we were checking to see if the Church had copyrighted it yet, LDS folk get things done quick, fast and in a hurry) it said, and we quote “Bedlamite: an insane person; lunatic.” Yup, Elder Holland just politely called ya kids crazy!</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Is there anyone out there who knows the art of politely telling it like it is better than the <a href="http://www.mormon.org/">Mormons</a> do? If you aren’t <a href="http://www.lds.org/">LDS</a> and a young man was to tell you that you’re daughter has a sweet spirit, you would probably be so flattered. Well don’t be, cause that means that boy thinks her personality is nice and all, but he’s not really feelin' her in the looks department. I know you can’t believe it, but that is what that sugar-coated comment actually means.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ESPN writer, <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/869/rick-reilly-mailbag">Rick Reilly</a> recently wrote an <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/869/rick-reilly-mailbag">article</a> about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmer_Fredette">Jimmer Fredette</a> that some Mormons were upset about, this is what Rick had to say about the hate mail: “The best hate mail in America comes from <a href="http://www.byu.edu/">BYU</a> fans. Even when they're spitting 20-penny nails, they're still incurably nice. Alabama fans will write hoping you die a slow, painful death, staked to an anthill while your mom watches, but the worst a BYU fan will say to you is that you're not going to heaven.”</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That’s how we roll. We LDS like to L-D-S (Let’em Down Sensitively). Rick Reilly, take a lesson from the Mormons next time you’re talking about Jimmer’s fans say something like, "I can’t believe all the Bedlam those BYU Bedlamites are causing", it may go over a little better. On the real, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's talk was excellent, you can catch it <a href="http://lds.org/general-conference/watch/2011/04?lang=eng&vid=883477018001&cid=10">here</a>. And just in case some of you still don’t believe us about the phrase “sweet spirit,” here’s the lyrics to the song “Sweet Spirit” by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Provo">Sons of Provo</a>.</div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gJp9e0bFHQU?rel=0" title="YouTube video player" width="425"></iframe><br /><br />God Bless,<br />Sista Beehive & Sista Laurel

Lions and Tigers and Bedlamites, Oh My!

First things first, we can’t say enough about how wonderful April 2011 General Conference  was this past weekend, we felt saved, sanctified ...

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