Friday, July 15th, 2022: New CFM study, Rain, Expensive trip to town, Ravens, Demer's glass, Book Barn, Wlmrt, Nature's Realm, Tractor Supply,

 

Fortaleza, Brazil

164th operating temple

Dedicated: 2 June 2019

By: Ulisses Soares

Jesus Christ, Second Coming

Revelations 6:17

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Book of Mormon

Alma 33:1-11

2 And Alma said unto them: Behold, ye have said that ye could not worship your God because ye are cast out of your synagogues. But behold, I say unto you, if ye suppose that ye cannot worship God, ye do greatly err, and ye ought to search the scriptures; if ye suppose that they have taught you this, ye do not understand them.

"Come Follow Me"

FSS & FHE 2 Kings 19:14-19; 2 Kings 22:3-7; 2 Kings 22:8-11, 19; 23:1-3 2 Kings 23:25, 2 Kings 22-23

AprGenCon

Do What Mattereth Most

Rebecca L. Craven

Second Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency

President Russell M. Nelson teaches:

"With the Holy Ghost as your companion, you can see right through the celebrity culture that has smitten our society. You can be smarter than previous generations have ever been....

"Set a standard for the rest of the wT!"

It takes effort to stay focused on what is truly essential for lasting joy. Satan would love nothing more than for us to misplace our eternal values, leading us to waste precious time, talents, or spiritual strength on thing that matter not. I invite each of us to prayerfully consider those things that distract us from doing what mattereth most.

This morning when James got up he looked out the blinds as he normally does and he began talking about something he saw outside. I couldn't understand what he was saying so I went over to the window to look for myself. I saw several black birds walking around on the ground looking for bugs. He explained to me that the older birds were teaching the younger ones how to look for bugs. It was then that I noticed that there were some birds bigger than the others. I asked him if they were ravens or crows. He said they were ravens. 

I listened to a new "Come Follow Me" podcast today that I really liked. It's called "Come Follow Me Made Easier." The co-hosts are Sam Castor and Lynda Cherry. Here are some notes that I took:

Ancient feast days are important, even today. The Passover testifies of Christ's first coming, His mortal mission and is held in the spring.

The Feast of the Tabernacles testifies of his Second Coming and is held in the Fall. Sister Cherry compared these feast days where covenants were renewed and testimonies born to General Conference in our day which are held in the spring and fall. Hezekiah reinstated the Passover and Josiah after him also observed it. Josiah was the last ray of light for Judah. One person can make a difference. Josiah makes a personal covenant with the Lord and then he makes it in front of all the people. We will keep the Passover and the Feast of the Tabernacle in the Millennium. We must stand as a pillar in our covenants. (2 Kings 23:3). Christ wants to bring us a feast. 

Hezekiah sent messenger to the Northern and Southern Kingdoms to come together for a Passover and the Levites aid, we are not worthy, we have been defiled. Hezekiah prays to the Lord in their behalf and says something like this: Lord, cleanse them even though they're not technically cleansed. Their hearts are sorry and full of repentance. Allow them to be part of our celebration. They came and there was so much healing taking place during the Passover that they celebrated it for two weeks instead of one. 

Josiah read the scriptures that were found during the renovation of the temple and had them read to all of the people. Many of the people, including Hilkiah, the priest, were affected by the word and recommitted themselves to the Lord. The power of the word.

There is a promise in Jeremiah 3:14 which says: 

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

We need to "stand as a pillar" in our covenants just as Josiah stood in front of the pillar of the temple when he had the scriptures read to the people. (2 Kings 23:3 - And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

There is a scripture found in the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Book of Mormon, and the Doctrine and Covenants which says: 

"Awake and arise and put on thy beautiful garments" 

At the feast of the Lord, or the Second Coming, He invites all to partake. As we come dressed in our priestly robes, He knows that we are ready for His Second Coming. This gives me chills as I realize that as we go to the temple and wear our priestly robes, the Savior sees and knows we are preparing for His Second Coming. We are gathering for the feast of the Master. We are adorning ourselves with the "vestments" of God, while the world or Babylon encourages us to take off our clothes.  ( This is all from this podcast I listened to).

We left as it started to rain, around 1:45, for town. As we went through the town of Vernon there were puddles everywhere and in a few places we saw what looked like snow. I am sure it was hail but they must have really got hit, more than we did out at our place. It rained most of the way to Walmart but was not raining right at Walmart which means I didn't get wet when James dropped me off. He went to Circle K to get gas and to wash my car. He also went to Demer's Glass to take back the fireplace door. 

After talking with someone at Demer's and showing them the glass and the template he had drawn for them and showing them that the glass was made too big on one side, they agreed to remake it for free. Yay! Way to go honey!

After Walmart I stopped at the Book Barn to get a baptism card for Lola. I picked out two, one being the card that talks about the three white dresses. I can never resist this card. The other was one of a little girl on the front. When I asked James which card I should give Lola he picked the one with the little girl. Donna Lungren, a friend of ours whose husband is from Vernon waited on us. It was good to see her. I found a book I bought by the sister I listened to today in the new podcast, Lynda Cherry. The title of the book is, "The Redemption of the Bride." She has a new book coming out in August about ancient feasts and festivals and I will probably buy that book also. 

While I was in the Book Barn James went over to the health food store just down from Book Barn, Nature's Realm and spent $75 on a supplement called Reds that he uses to fight his cancer. I can't complain too much but I knew we had gone over our budget at this point. We also bought some horse feed at Tractor Supply and spent $42, and another $20 for dinner at Aliberto's. This along with what I spent at Walmart and what James spent at Circle K put us way over budget. Slim pick'ins for the rest of the month.

Here are some Christmas movies I watched today while walking:

1. "A Royally Wrapped Christmas" Jen Lilley & Brendan Fehr

Tradition from the movie: Give people two gifts, one to keep and one to give away so everyone can experience the joy of giving.

2. "Christmas Time Is Here" Rukiya Bernard & Dewshane Williams

3. "Christmas Land" Nikki DeLoach & Luke MacFarlane

I think I need a dog!