Orlando, Florida
46th operating temple
Dedicated: 9 Oct 1994
By: Howard W. Hunter
Jesus Christ, Power of
John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Book of Mormon
Mosiah 8:1-21
D&C
39
"Come Follow Me"
If I am prepared, I need not fear.
AprGenCon
'This Is Our Time!'
Elder S. Gifford Nielsen
Of the Seventy
Maybe we don't always feel up to the challenge, But our Heavenly Father sees us as fearless builders of His kingdom. That is why He sent us here during this most decisive time in the world's history. This is our time!
'Bless In His Name'
President Henry B. Eyring
Second Counselor in the First Presidency
The purpose for our receiving the priesthood is to allow us to bless people for the Lord, doing so in His name.
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Of the Living Christ, the Prophet Joseph wrote:
"His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of Jehovah, saying:
"I am the first and the last; I am he who liveth, I am he who was slain; I am your advocate with the Father"
(D&C 110:3-4).
I slept in until 7 this morning. While I was working on my blog I listened to "Don't Miss This" with Emily and Dave. Emily told the story of Lucy Mack Smith taking a group of Saints to Ohio and crossing Lake Erie when the lake was frozen. I quote from the book by Steven C. Harper, "Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants", pages 128-29.
While waiting for the ice to clear so the boat could move, Lucy went ashore in search of a room in which the sisters could rest and tend sick children. She found only selfishness, "human nature," she called it, until "a fine, cheerful old lady" gave her board in exchange for the gospel. Lucy taught the good woman restored truth until two o'clock in the morning. She considered herself an ambassador of the Lord Jesus Christ. She was frustrated by Saints who feared to let others know they were Latter-day Saints.
"You will be mobbed before morning," Thomas Marsh told Lucy when she refused to keep her faith secret. "Mob it is, then," she shot back, "for we shall sing and attend to prayers before sunset, mob or no mob." Lucy opened her mouth and it was filled with song, with the good word of God, and with reproof in season. She left boat captains and deckhands, the woman at the boarding house, and a man on the shore all wanting more of the testimony that flowed freely from her. Over and over Mother Smith acted in faith. She led and served her fellow Saints while she extended the glad tidings to those they passed on the way.
Lucy seized her agency to obtain power over the telestial world, rather than letting it have power over her. She predicted that if her company would unitedly call upon God to break the ice, "as sure as the Lord lives, it shall be done." It happened as she said, though the ice quickly "closed together again, and the Colesville brethren were left in Buffalo," she wrote, "unable to follow us." Rumors began immediately that the boat would sin, "So that when we arrived at Fairport, we read in the papers news of our own death. "Neither death, hell, or the devil could deter Mother Smith. She defied faithlessness and fear to obey section 38. Lucy's narrative demonstrates that she understood the principle and intent of leaving one's carnal security and starting over. She was like Lehi. She was being born again in a new land. She would not be tethered to her old self or afraid of completely forsaking a corrupt world.
I love this story of Lucy Mack Smith, who was in her 70's, showing such great faith and leading a band of 55 Saints to Ohio.
This morning I also listened to Emily and Rio talk about faith on Instagram TV for Inklings Institute. Emily discussed Deuteronomy 2. She said it is one of her favorite books of scripture because it is like Moses journal. He and the children of Israel had been wandering in the wilderness for 38 years. These are the lessons she mentioned that we can learn in this chapter of scripture.
1. The Lord to Moses: "You have compassed the mountain long enough, it is time to move around it." (What mountains in my life do I need to "move around"?)
2. Don't meddle, or don't doubt. (We all have doubts but we can't let them overpower us).
3. Remember that the Lord wants to be with me.
4. Tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among us.
5. We must trust the Lord's timing.
6. Do not let distractions deter us from conquering our mountains.
7. Remember God's promises..."I have begun to give thee this land."
In order to remove mountains we must increase our faith.
Emily said that at the beginning of conference President Nelson reminded us that the Lord said: "I am able to do mine own work."
James and I went to town today. Our first stop was at La Casita where we wanted to have lunch. I have been craving their chicken enchilada and refried beans. There was a sign on the door saying they were on vacation until April 20th. Darn! I told James he could choose where we ate since nothing else sounded good to me. He turned in to Culver's because he had to use the restroom and it was close. His words to me. I got the single cheeseburger and James got the Wisconsin melt which is like a patty melt and we shared an order of small fries. Not as good as LaCasita but it will do for today.
After lunch I went grocery shopping at Walmart while James went to Tractor Supply to get horse feed. He came back empty handed because he forgot his wallet. We had to go by after Walmart and he used my credit card. We saw Barbara and Vicky, our friends, stopped by the side of the road on the way home. We turned around to check on them. They said a chipmunk ran across the outside front of their car and they weren't sure if it was back under their hood or ran away. We said goodbye and drove away but now I am wondering if James should have checked under the hood for them.
We enjoyed reading our ebook, "A Guarded Heart" by Heidi Kimball.
At home James helped me put groceries away and then we each took a nap. When I got up I worked on the computer blogging and indexing. I also listened to "That Promised Day" on YouTube about the new LDS scriptures and what it took to produce them back in the late 70's and early 80's.
James is still working on income taxes. I'm not sure if anyone gets an extension because of Covid but James called the accountant and told him to please file an extension for us if that was necessary.
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