Redlands, California
116th operating temple
14 Sept 2003
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus Christ, Son of man
Luke 9:26
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Book of Mormon
4 Nephi 1:23-49
"Come Follow Me"
Amos 8:11-12 The word of the Lord can satisfy spiritual hunger and thirst. Amos 6-7.
OctGenCon
"Drawing Closer to the Savior"
Elder Neil L. Andersen
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
The Savior commended His valiant disciples: "Blessed are you eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear." May this blessing be ours as we listen closely to the words of the Lord through His prophets and others in this conference.
Up at 4:08. One of the first things I did was update my Iphone to ios16.1.1. After planning my day, I said my morning prayers and wrote them in my prayer journal.
Every third Wednesday evening of the month, as part of our Inklings study, Emily does a class on Grace. Last night was the night for November. Since I forgot to listen last night I listened this morning. Here are some notes that I took. Emily's book "Grace Where You are: was the source of most of these notes:
What is my definition of Grace? Divine help through the Atonement of Jesus Christ to overcome.
See Bible Dictionary
Hesed - Kindness that prompts action.
Saving Grace - Exalting, Hesed. Heals wounds, brings strength, rescues, delivers, and saves.
(Story of Emily's son Joshua who got diabetes when he was 3.)
2 Nephi 25:23 - We are saved by Grace after all we can do. What is all we can do? Believe in Christ!!
Charis - Greek - His touch on our hearts, a reflection in our lives, most likely in our weakness.
John 8 - Woman taken in adultery. Jesus met the woman where she was, as she was as he stopped in front of her. What was "all she could do?" Believe in Him.
Acts 9:1-15 Paul on the road to Damascus. Jesus asked Paul to believe in Him.
Mark 9 - If you can believe. Lord I believe, help thou mine unbelief.
Believe in Christ!
Charles Blondin crossing Niagra Falls.
Jesus meets us where we are but He has no intention of leaving us there.
Faith requires action and trust. Belief requires me to engage and give.
Western Wall at Jerusalem.
What does it look like to believe in Christ?
I read the section in "For the Strength of Youth", Love God, love your neighbor. I read this first paragraph and shared it in our family group text:
To help you make good choices, God gives commandments. He does this because He loves you. And the reason to obey God's commandments is because you love Him. Love is at the hart of God's commandments.
Before James left for work this morning he was complaining about sores on his fingers. I asked why he didn't wear his new gloves while he worked and he said they were too bulky. I went into my bedroom closet and got the other pair of gloves I bought him for Christmas. These are Isotoner, lined with fur. He loved them and wore them to work all day.
James came home for lunch. I had already cooked some eggrolls and he was happy with that. After lunch James said he didn't have time for a nap so he went back to work. I got ready to go to town. My first stop was at the Vernon post office where I mailed a sunflower birthday card to Michelle. I also picked up some packages. One had the grill top for our rocket stove and the other two were more of my purple with white polka dot kitchen accessories. On to town where I dropped off three boxes full of donations at Goodwill. Walmart here I come.
Wow! The price of food and other necessities is staggering right now. I spent a third of my monthly budget in one week. This is not good.
I did buy James a cheap hearing aid and I am totally out of makeup and I bought a Finishing Touch Flawless facial hair remover for myself. I also bought a couple of Christmas blankets. Things do add up. Next time I will use a calculator as I go along.
Even though the high today was only 45 it was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine and no wind. I enjoyed the weather while I loaded my car in the Walmart parking lot.
Before going home I went through the Panda drive-thru and got each of us a bowl of chow mien, mine with orange chicken and James's with mushroom chicken.
When I got home it was 5:00 and James was already showered and getting ready for his meeting. His meeting is at six. I sat down with him and we had dinner together before he left. He brought in the groceries for me and I put them away. I had thought I had a turkey in the big freezer left over from last year but apparently we already ate it so I bought an 18 lb. turkey. Don't ask me why I got such a big one. Lot of turkey tacos after Thanksgiving. I also bought two chickens so I could make chicken tacos for the MacArthur's.
James's meeting was almost three hours long. It was almost 9:00 when he returned home. Under the bishop's supervision, they redid all of the ministering assignments. In other ministering new, Virgil Cooper had a stint put in today. It was in a rather obscure place so a specialist in the valley performed the surgery. I wonder if it was Dr. Memon, James's cardiologist. The procedure went well and Jerry Scott is with him and will bring him home tomorrow.
I was exhausted when I got the groceries put away. I sat down in front of the TV in my bedroom and finished my Christmas movie for the day, "The Picture of Christmas."
James wanted to listen to a chapter from "The Call of the Sea" while he walked. As a result, it was almost 9:30 when we went to bed.
that's the wrong book.
Today was Scarlett's Thanksgiving Program
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