Tuesday, December 13, 2022: Carmen's bday, James's procedure, HD-blower & lights, Firehouse Subs, Fix tree lights, Troy Lunt, Denice, RWC

 

Gilbert, Arizona

142nd operating temple

Dedicated: 2 Mar 2014

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Son of man

John 12:23

And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

Book of Mormon

Ether 9:23-35

"Come Follow Me"

Malachi 1-4 "Return unto me, and I will return unto you."

Malachi 1:6-14

Christ's Names

MASTER, Matthew 23;8

OctGenCon

"The Doctrine Of Belonging"

Elder D. Todd Christofferson

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

A sense of belonging is important to our physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Yet it is quite possible that at times each of us might feel that we don't fit in. In discouragning moments, we may feel that we will never measure up to the Lord's high standards or the expectations of others. We may unwittingly impose expectations on others - or even ourselves - that are not the Lord's expectations. We may communicate in subtle ways that the worth of a soul is based on certain achievements or callings, but these are not the measure of our standing in the Lord's eyes. "The Lord looketh on the heart."

He cares about our desires and longings and what we are becoming.

Happy Birthday Carmen! I hope you got our card.

James had surgery this morning. It was exploratory surgery to find out why he still has internal bleeding. We went to the outpatient center first and say John and Lynda Finnell and they told us we were in the wrong place and that we needed to go to the main entrance of the hospital. 

James was assigned to be in room 11 in the surgery center. The anesthesiologist came in and happened to ask if we knew Larry and Doris Lunt. Yes we know them. He said, "I am there son, Troy." He said he recognized James. This is interesting because he was very young when we knew their family in Chandler. Doris's brother is Loren Hatch a good friend of ours from high school who is from Taylor. I guess Larry and Doris recently moved to Taylor. Maybe we will see them in our travels to the temple. The Lunt's daughter, Jennifer was a good friend of Stacy's when they were in high school in Chandler.

I ask the nurse taking care of James if she knew Denice Maxwell.