Thursday, January 26, 2023: Another clear, sunny, cold day, K, Br go home, J and I go to town, James helps clean the temple,

 

Los Angeles, California

10th operating temple

Dedicated: 11-14 Mar 1956

By: David O. McKay

Jesus Christ, Teaching mode of

Matthew 13:10

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 

Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 17:31-47

Come Follow Me

Matt. 3:11, 13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 Jesus Christ was baptized to fulfill all righteousness. BD: John the Baptist

This Week's Jesus's Name

Beloved Son

Word of the Week

Repent

OctGenCon

That They Might Know Thee

Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt

Of the Seventy

While there are some of Jesus's names that are reserved only for Him, I would like to share five names and titles that have application to each of us. I invite you to develop your own list as you come to know Jesus by His many names. In doing so, you will find that there are other names - along with their corresponding Christlike attributes - that you will want to take upon yourself as Jesus's covenant disciple. 

First, Jesus is the Good Shepherd.

Second, Jesus is the High Priest of Good Things to Come

Third, He is the Same, Yesterday, Today, and Forever.

Fourth, Jesus is the Holy One of Israel.

Fifth, Jesus is Faithful and True.

100 Favorite Verses - "Doubt Not, Fear Not

D&C 6:36 Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.

It was 11 degrees this morning. Now that is cold! 

While checking the balance on my credit card today, I discovered a couple of charges that luckily the bank turned down. They were each for $176.13 totaling $352.26. The name of the company making these charges is Craftsy. I have been on their website but not for several months so I am not sure the basis of the charges. Anyway, my credit card was cancelled. The woman on the phone said I would receive a new one tomorrow when I complained that I didn't want to go without my credit card. I hope so.

I ordered something I saw on the Kelly Clarkson show yesterday. It is an infrared blanket that is supposed to help pull the impurities from your body and help you lose weight. Kim highly recommended it as she does infrared treatments. It was half price so I bought it for James. He doesn't need to lose weight but I like the idea of getting the impurities out of his body. I am such a sucker.

Kim and Brian got up and began to get ready to go home. They cleaned downstairs and we washed the sheets and the towels. Before leaving they listened to Tony Robbins for a couple of hours. They stopped around 2:00 and came upstairs. We were getting ready to go to town so we took their picture outside on the front porch.

Kim insisted we take a picture with them:

I got a call from Sheri today. She said Laura is having her lung transplant today. Her surgery started at 8:30 this morning and there was a concern that the lung might not be viable but since it is now 10:30 they are assuming it was. The surgery lasted 4 1/2 hours and now Laura is intubated and sedated. She will be this way for 24-48 hours.

I went with James to town today to pick up horse feed. First stop was at Sonic where I got a medium Coke Zero. I wanted to go to Taco Bell to get a couple of tacos. James asked if we could go next door to Jack in the Box instead. I told him that was fine. We each got a taco and a chicken fajita pita. I was disappointed in my fajita pita. It looked like this:

What a mess! The pita bread was broken up and

the lettuce was in big huge chunks. It was probably

the healthiest thing we could have gotten but the

way it was presented was very unappetizing.

After picking up horse feed, two bags because James is feeding Luna two times a day, we started home. On the way home we read our new book, Fire and Steel Volume 1 A Generation Rising. This story takes place in Germany at the turn of the 20th century. 

James helped clean the temple tonight. He carpooled with Greg and Kim Anderson. James was assigned to clean the bathrooms which was probably the worst thing he could have done because of his reaction to the cleaning chemicals. He didn't get home until after 10:30. My knee is acting up today and that is the reason I didn't go. 

Here are names of those who helped clean:

Pierce Goodman, Joshua Harris, Sean & Stefani Hunsaker, Bishop & Alicia Hunsaker, Sam & Amy Gordon, Chris & Becky Skousen, Fred Klug, Jeanie Jameson, Cope Reynolds and Tebow, Richard & Cress Miller, Greg & Kim Anderson, and James. Our ward always has a good turnout for cleaning the temple.

My right knee was really hurting tonight so I only got around 10,000 steps before going to bed. When James got home he kissed me goodnight and it woke me up. My knee was throbbing and I couldn't get comfortable so I went over to sleep on the recliner.

What I want my birthday cake to look like!