Payson, Utah
146th operating temple
Dedicated: 7 June 2015
By: Henry B. Eyring
Jesus Christ, Trials of
1 Peter 2:23
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.
Book of Mormon
Alma 14:6-22
Come Follow Me
Review & "Don't Miss This" Luke 22; John 18 "Not My Will But Thine Be Done"
Inklings Affirmation
As I abide in Jesus Christ, He promises to abide in me. My capacity is magnified and my covenant connection is strengthened when I walk with Him daily.
AprGenCon
Elder Benjamin De Hoyos
Of the Seventy
Dear brothers and sisters, the Lord encourages us as members of His Church to preserve our own family history, to learn from our ancestors, and to make the necessary arrangements for them to receive the ordinances of the gospel in the temples to help them to progress along the covenant path, which will bless them with an eternal family. That is a central focus of the plan of our Heavenly Father: uniting family for this life and for eternity.
I got up at 6:21 this morning. I really slept in. James was already up, showered and in the other room. I had nothing to eat this morning, just a few sips of a protein shake.
President Smithson was in our sacrament meeting today. Some changes to the clerks in our ward were made by him. Brother Diewald is no the financial clerk and Brother Hipps is the ward clerk.
Colter Hunsaker was the youth speaker today and Bridget Jordan and Johnny Finnell were the main speakers. Colter spoke about the importance of gathering Israel through temple work. Sister Jordan, whose husband Michael passed away several years ago, spoke on Sister Camille Johnson's talk, "Jesus Christ Is Relief." "We can partner with the Savior to help provide temporal and spiritual relief for those in need - and in the process find our own relief."
Brother Finnell had just a few minutes to discuss Elder Uceda's talk, "Jesus Christ Teaches Us To Minister." I am the Good Shepherd and the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep. Because this is His Church we minister to each other. To minister to someone is to love them and serve them and become a part of their lives. It doesn't matter what you do as long as you do it with love. With our Saviors help we can minister as He would.
Sue Hubble sat with us and Brother Rosen sat in front of us while his wife played the organ. They came up from the valley and brought two big boxes of grapefruit to share with the ward.
Sue and I walked down to the Relief Society room together. We sat in the front row. Catherine came in and sat on the other side of the room in the second row by herself. I tried to get her to come over and sit with us but she was being stubborn and refused to do so saying she wasn't sure Sue would want her to.
Wendy Dewitt's lesson in Relief Society was based on Elder Renlund's talk, "Accessing God's Power Through Covenants."
The lesson was mainly about the importance of having the Spirit in our lives. Wendy shared a couple of stories about how the Spirit told her to do something regarding her children. The stories were good and I tried to think of similar examples in my life, but I couldn't. She caught her son smoking and her daughter staying out past curfew. She asked them how they thought she knew where they were. When they didn't answer she said she had divine help because she wasn't the only one who loved them.
After the meeting was over I said goodbye to Sue and told her I would pick her up on Wednesday at 9:50 at Dollar General to go to the temple. After Sue was gone I went over to talk to Catherine. She was still unhappy. I asked her if she was going to go to the temple on Wednesday and she said she didn't think so. She acted as if she was upset with her kids and there was a story to tell but she didn't want to talk about it right now. I practically begged her to go to the temple and asked her to at least think about it. She said she would and I said I would talk to her in a couple of days.
I got a bag of frozen pork fajitas out of the freezer and cooked them for lunch. They were okay but nothing to get too excited about. James didn't mind if I threw the leftovers away.
After lunch it was rest time. James didn't rest very long. He got up and began studying for his fireside talk tonight. He left around five for Snowflake. He didn't ask me to go so I assumed he didn't mind if I stayed home.
He got home around 7:30. And I asked him how it went. He said he thought it went quite well. There were around five adults and about 40 young men and women. Cory Johnson, the person who invited James to speak is the son of Dee Johnson who was a teacher at Snowflake High School when we went there.
James went back to indexing, something he is very dedicated to. I went back to working on my blog until we went to bed.
Salt River Canyon on Saturday
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