Billings, Montana
66th operating temple
Dedicated: 20 Nov 1999
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus Christ, Redeemer
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Book of Mormon
3 Nephi 9:1-22
D&C
Saints chapter 32-33 pages 371-396
"Come Follow Me"
121:34-46 We can access the "powers of heaven"
OctGenCon
"The Faith to Ask and Then to Act"
President Henry B. Eyring
Second Counselor in the First Presidency
Faith in Jesus Christ is the key to receiving revelations of truth.
Restoration Proclamation
#5
We further witness that Joseph Smith was given the gift and power of God to translate an ancient record: the Book of Mormon-Another Testament of Jesus Christ. Pages of this sacred text include an account of the personal ministry of Jesus Christ among people in the Western Hemisphere soon after His Resurrection. It teaches of life's purpose and explains the doctrine of Christ, which is central to that purpose. As a companion scripture to the Bible, the Book of Mormon testifies that all human beings are sons and daughters of a loving Father in Heaven, that He has a divine plan for our lives, and that His Son, Jesus Christ, speaks today as well as in days of old.
Inklings/Work&Wonder
This week, ask the Lord in prayer how He can use you. Then pray for the strength to overcome the obstacles - mentally and physically - that might get in the way.
At the end of each day, write down how you were an instrument in the Lord's hand that day. It will not only help you to recognize the good you are doing, but also help you to see more and more opportunities to feed His sheep.
Up at 4:28. When James got up we had prayer before he left for his radiation treatment and then on to LaCroix's in Sun City to fix a plumbing leak. He will be home later today. He didn't think it would take long, but there were extenuating circumstances which caused him to get home later than he planned. His tools were gone at first and then he had to go to Home Depot to get some parts. What should have taken 30 minutes took over 3 hours.
I listened to "Follow Him" this morning. Dr. Alexander Baugh was the guest speaker. He is a Church historian and his specialty is the Missouri period. He says that Amanda Smith who's son Alma was shot at the Haun's Mill massacre, is one of his heroines. She had such great faith and overcame so many challenges to get her family to Utah. She is buried in the Richmond, Utah cemetery. Every Memorial Day he places a red rose on her grave.
Something Dr. Baugh said made me feel a little better about Lilburn Bogg's extermination order of the Saints in Missouri. He said in those days an extermination order meant to "remove from one's borders." Boggs did not mean for the Latter-day Saints to be killed.
Something else Dr. Baugh said was that during their waking hours the prisoners, Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Caleb Baldwin, Alexander McCray, and Lyman Wight, were upstairs. They came downstairs into the dungeon, to sleep.
Dr. Baugh says that Joseph Smith wrote 12 letters while in Liberty Jail. They are contained in the Joseph Smith Papers, volume 6.
I made a stew today. It started out to be a green chili stew but turned out to be a beef stew with carrots, potatoes, celery, onions, tomatoes, green chilies and stew flavoring. It turned out quite delicious. My problem is I always make too much. I can freeze half of it I suppose.
I started a new schedule today which requires me to get up at 4 am instead of 5. In the past I have spent two hours of the day walking, doing it in 10-20 minute increments and not really scheduling time for it, but doing it as an "add in" to my regular schedule. If finally occurred to me that this was not working very well. In my new schedule I have cut back on lunch and rest time and scheduled two hours for walking. I walked this evening while catching up on my watching of "Chesepeake Shores." I also listened to my audio book, "Charming Artemis." I was finished and showered before James got home. We listened to our book, "The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart." While listening I practiced my hand lettering. James was hungry when he got home and love the stew but complained it was too big. I told him we could eat it for several days.
My feet hurt.
Backyard project
Burning trash
Charlie is the best!
DWTS
Amanda and Allen
Liberty Jail has been called
a temple/prison because of
the things Joseph learned
while there
Sheri
Storm clouds coming
White Mountains
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