Cebu City, Philippines
133rd operating temple
Dedicated: 13 June 2010
By: Thomas S. Monson
Jesus Christ, Trials of
Mark 15:2
And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? and he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.
Book of Mormon
Alma 8:1-17
Come Follow Me
Matthew 26; Mark 14; John 13 "In Remembrance"
Jesus' Name
Deliverer
Word
Anoint
Phrase
My blood, shed for many, for the remission of sins.
Affirmation
I embrace the opportunity to renew my covenants and draw closer to my Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ. With a humble heart, I commit to always remember Him and strive to emulate His example of compassion, forgiveness, and selflessness.
AprGenCon
Do You Know Why I As A Christian Believe in Christ?
Ahmad S. Corbitt
Of the Seventy
I informed my new friend that we have a spirit in addition to a body and that God is the Father of our spirits. I told her we lived with our Heavenly Father before our births into this mortal world. Because He loves her and all His children, He made a plan for us to receive a body in the image of His glorified body, be part of a family, and return to His loving presence to enjoy eternal life with our families like He does with His. But, I said, we would face two main obstacles in this necessarily fallen world: (1) physical death - the separation of our bodies from our spirits. Of course, she knew we would all die. And (2) spiritual death - our separation from God because our sins, mistakes, and flaws as mortals distance us from His holy presence. She related to this too.
Today is Memorial Day. The day we honor those who fought and died for the freedoms we love so dearly. I am grateful for those who fought so that I might live in freedom and peace.
We had an interesting discussion today about our Come Follow Me lesson for this week. There are three different accounts of a woman anointing Jesus with spikenard from an alabaster box, which makes the account a little confusing because all of the accounts are different. To add to the confusion in Luke 7:36-50, earlier in Jesus' ministry a woman came into the home of Simon the Pharisee where Jesus was with an alabaster box and anointed his feet with spikenard. It says this woman was a sinner and the focus of the story because of her worship of Jesus her sins were forgiven.
John identifies this woman in Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; and John 12:1-8 as Mary, sister to Martha and Lazarus. This took place in Simon the lepers house in Bethany.
Here are some things I learned from the account:
In Matthews account is says she anointed His head. In the other accounts it says His feet. By anointing Jesus while He was still alive, the woman, Mary, acknowledged His impending death and burial. The ointment was very expensive, worth more than 300 denari or a years wages for a common laborer. Mary stands out as the first disciple to understand and openly accept the Savior's teaching that He must suffer and die.
James went to town earlier to buy a new connection for the trailer. The lights work and one of the brakes works, but the brake on the right does not. I was very concerned but he says he has driven before with the same situation and it was fine. What can I say?
In order to spend some time together and for James to look for a sink for the job on 51st Avenue, we drove into town around noon. We stopped for lunch at Taco Bell where I got a taco and a bean burrito and James got a taco and a Burrito Supreme. We do a lot of mixing business and pleasure and eating in the car.
Stacy called me this afternoon. I think she needed someone to talk to because she is dealing with a lot of stress. She said Jared Ammon showed up Saturday night and right now he is detoxing on her couch. He has hit rock bottom and has a humble attitude and is asking for help.
Jared can make $300 in a nights work but he has no money. His arms are covered in tatoos. He has a room mate and the rent is due on June 1st. Jared's share is $1,000. He does not want to go back to the bar to work. Not only is he an alcoholic but he is bipolar.
Stacy is also worried about Joshua who has a non-member girlfriend and is spending a lot of time with her. She is also trying to contact Tara about Trisha's son that Jared & Kacey want. All of this plus the fact that she is to stay off of her foot for another three weeks. She feels overwhelmed. Oh yes, Paul's going through a rough patch at work and there is that to worry about. I told her she needed to go to Heavenly Father and talk to Him about all of her problems.
Marvin and Mary came over this evening and Marvin gave J.A. a blessing. Mary gave him $500 to help with rent. Mary is having a partial masectomy on Friday and Stacy didn't want to ask her for money but Paul didn't mind.
This afternoon I texted Kathy Crane and asked her who told her that I was making the cake for Barbara's wedding. She said that Stefani and Alicia had told her. Stefani is my ministering sister and she and her partner Donna Peeler came over early in May for a visit. I had asked about Barbara's cake and Stefani said she wanted a carrot cake. I made the comment that I had a great recipe for a carrot cake as I had made one for Cammy Grapp in 2021. That was all that was said.
Kathy sent me this text:
I guess Sister Gilbert was in charge of the food. I guess she was the one who should have gotten in touch with you. Everyone assumed you were making the cake. It was just a communication problem. There were plenty of cupcakes. Stefani asked me to decorate the food table in different layers. I had the food table set up in my layers and decorations. It looked quite pretty. When I showed up on Saturday, I guess Sister Finnell and Stefani, who went along with her, wanted it to look more like Sis Finnell's decor, so they took my decorations down and used Lynda's. All the years I have been decorating, never had that happen. I guess during the Saturday may 13 dinner at Ruth and George Wallace's these sisters sat down with Barbara and decided who would do stuff.
Me: I am sorry that happened to you Kathy. Also, I would have been happy to make the cake if I had been asked.
Kathy: I know you would Karen.
This evening James was determined that we were going to finish our book and we stayed up an hour longer than he wanted to so we could. I also finished my book.
and compare it with this year.
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