Thursday, March 13, 2014

General Conference Goals

Elder Randy D. Funk "Called of Him to Declare His Word"

1.  Believe in the power of prayer.

2. Be humble and obedient and listen to the Spirit.

3.  Make sure I fully repent.

4.  Partake of the sacrament with a humble and repentant heart and spirit.

5.  Be healed through the Atonement and feel peace.

6.  Think pure thoughts continually.

7.  Through obedience and service receive power from God to do more that I could by myself.  Feel the enabling power of the Atonement.

8.  Trust in the Lord that He will bless others through me.

9.  Memorize Joseph's words at the First Vision.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"You Can Do It Now!"

1.  Use effort and discipline to overcome my weaknesses.

2.  True repentance is about transformation, not self-loathing.

3.  Turn my heart and will to God and give up sin. 

I Can Do It Now!

4.  Remember who I am, a child of God.

5.  What would Jesus do?

I also read the article in the month's Ensign: "Faith and Fortitude - Women of the Old Testament."  I loved this article and am including the concepts I learned from reading in it my meditation journal.

After finishing Jacob 5 and family prayer, James left for the valley.  He has a meeting at Camden apartments and will hand in the contract he has already signed.  The job is scheduled to start next week.  He also wanted to get some work done on our house but none of his guys showed up.  You can't blame them for getting another job, but it's disappointing.  

I wasn't a good day for James.  He went to Fry's to get some fried chicken and cranberry celebration and his credit card was declined.  I was in the middle of paying bills and discovered the credit card was maxed out so I paid $500 on it.  By the time he went to get gas the card was usable.  He decided to come home and on the way he stopped at the Fry's in Globe and got some fried chicken and cranberry celebration.

The sky looks ominous this evening and it might rain during the night.  James had some enchiladas for dinner, one of the reasons he came home and then we sat down and watched an episode of Castle.  We were in bed before 9.  It's what old people do, especially when they get up early.

Facebook finds:

  Bamboo forest in Kyoto, Japan.

Napali Coast, Kaui, Hawaii

I'm trying to break this habit.