Tuesday, June 27, 2023: My message to Sheri & her response, Mary Magdalene, "Your Endowment", finished "His Lady in Hiding", Jerod Bowen $2,000, Cleaning upstairs

 

Rome, Italy

162nd operating temple

Dedicated: 10 Mar 2019

By: Russell M. Nelson

Jesus Christ, Types of, in Anticipation

Exodus 24:8

And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

Book of Mormon

Alma 22:27-23:7

Come Follow Me

Matt 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20-21 Jesus Christ was resurrected.

Jesus' Name

Redeemer

Word

All Hail

Phrase

... for He is risen

Affirmation

Through the sacred gift of Resurrection, I gratefully embrace the boundless blessings of eternal life an my divine potential. By the infinite grace of our Savior, Jesus Christ, I am bestowed with the glorious privilege of immortality. My path continues to unfold with overflowing love and endless opportunities for growth.

AprGenCon

After the Fourth Day

Elder W. Mark Bassett

Of the Seventy

Sometimes it may seem like He doesn't come to us until the figurative fourth day, after all hope seems lost. But why so late? President Thomas S. Monson taught, "Our Heavenly Father, who gives us so much to delight in, also knows that we learn and grow and become stronger as we face and survive the trials through which we must pass."

I texted Sheri this morning and said: "Xander may feel like the Church let him down but the Savior will never let him down. He needs to know that. Sheri: "I don't think he is in a place to hear that.

Me: That is so sad.

I read this in my "Don't Miss This" devotional book for Romans 11:4. This is Ezra Taft Benson:

"Every previous gospel dispensation has drifted into apostasy, but ours will not. . . . God has saved for the final inning some of his strongest children, who will help bear off the kingdom triumphantly. And that is where you come in, for you are the generation that must be prepared to meet your God....Make no mistake about it - you are a marked generation. There has never been more expected of the faithful in such a short period of time as there is of us....Each day we personally make many decisions that show where our support will go". ("Stalwart and Brave We Stand," Ensign, November 1989).

As I was studying the Come Follow Me lesson today I came across this statement: Mary Magdalene is the only person mentioned in each of the four Gospels as a witness to the Crucifixion, burial and empty tomb.

James talked to Jerod Bowen this morning telling him that Franc is fighting with him over $2,000. Jerod said: "I don't want to fight with my former bishop over $2,000. He sent the money via Venmo.

James then talked to Samantha and she and Franc agreed to pay the rest of the money they owe if James will sign the final lien waiver, which he did. I don't know if Franc and Samantha are aware that James spoke with Jerod and Jerod gave him $2,000. Oh yes, Jerod said that not only is Franc a member of the Church he is a counselor in his wards bishopric. Jerod then said, "Go figure." 

One of the things Franc kept emphasizing to James is that they are losing money daily. Jerod verified that fact saying because of their construction loan they are losing about $2,100 a day that the building doesn't close on the sale. Jerod then went on to say, "Go figure."

In reading "Our Endowment" today I learned that at the time of Christ, the Levites (the family group in charge of temple administration) set up night watches to make sure nobody entered the temple unworthily:

At night guards were placed in twenty-four stations about the gates and courts. Of these, twenty-one were occupied by Levites alone; the other innermost three jointly by priests and Levites. Each guard consisted of ten men; so that in all two hundred and forty Levites and thirty priests were on duty every night. During the night the captain of the Temple made his rounds. On his approach the guards had to rise and salute him in a particular manner. Any guard found asleep when on duty was beaten, or his garments were set on fire-a punishment, as we know, actually awarded.

As you might have guessed, the protections against someone entering the temple unworthily are a little bit different today.

James and I finished "His Lady in Hiding" and started "The Wrong Train to Paris." So far James doesn't like the new book. I told him to give it time. 

James and I watched Murder 101 starring Dick and Barry Van Dyke. I worked on my Broadway Hits puzzle and did some cleaning upstairs. Sheri is coming on Friday.

Hope Pierce & Susan are safe

on this little islan

Sheri posted this. I'm not sure what or whose it is.

I want to go hiking here. It's not too far away.