Thursday, December 14, 2023: Cold & windy, Inklings - Rio & Courtney, Sis Runia's quote, stew, wrap gifts, stable pictures, walk, movie, social media post - Christmas card, new book

 

Star Valley, Wyoming

154th operating temple

Dedicated: 30 Oct 2016

By: David A. Bednar

Book of Mormon Reading

Ether 10:1-16

Book of Mormon 100 Favorites

#96 - 2 Nephi 9:14

And the righteous shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their righteousness, being clothed with purity, yea, even with the robe of righteousness.

Come Follow Me

Revelation 11-13 The War in Heaven continues on earth.

October General Conference

"Hallmarks of Happiness" by Elder Gary B. Sabin

It was cold and windy today. Staying in bed an extra few minutes seemed like a nice option. James thought so too.

As part of my "Come Follow Me" study I read chapters 4 and 5 from "Opening the Seven Seals". Chapter 4 was about the throne in heave and chapter 5, the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

I listened to Inklings this morning with Rio and Courtney Rich. Emily is in Fiji. The talk from conference was by Elder Carlos A. Godoy, "For the Sake of Your Posterity." We were also to study President Nelson's talk given in October 2015, "A Plea to My Sisters." In the course of the discussion Courtney quoted a promise from Sister Runia's conference talk that I loved:

"It is my witness that the Savior has the ability, because of His Atonement, to turn any nightmare you are going through into a blessing. He has given us a promise "with an immutable covenant" that as we strive to love and follow Him, "all things wherewith we have been afflicted shall work together for our good." All things.

And because we are children of the covenant, we can ask for this hopeful feeling now!

While our families aren't perfect, we can perfect our love for others until it becomes a constant, unchanging, no-matter-what kind of love - the type of love that support change and allows for growth and return.

It's the Savior's work to bring our loved ones back. It's His work and His timing. It is our work to provide the hope and a heart they can come home to. "We have neither God's authority to condemn nor His power to redeem, but we have been authorized to exercise His love." President Nelson has also taught that others need our love more than our judgment. "They need to experience the pure love of Jesus Christ reflected in our words and actions."

I love this quote and I am going to cling to its promises.

I put a stew in the crockpot this morning, knowing that it is one of James's favorite meals. I love putting things in the crockpot in the morning and having dinner magically appear in the evening. 

James sent me some photos of the stable he has been working on for the last couple of months:

Luna's new home

I began wrapping the gifts that will be sent to Texas today. There are 13 of them and I wrapped around 9. I will finish in the morning and then go to UPS tomorrow afternoon to mail them. 

I did something today that I very rarely do and that is to post something on social media. I posted our Christmas scene in our living room and captioned it: "Merry Christmas from the Lambson's."

I am grateful for this view everyday of the 

Christmas season!

This evening James and I walked and started a new book, "Skye Fall". We walked and listened for awhile and then watched part of our Christmas movie and repeated this process until the movie was over and we reached our goal. Our movie tonight was a good one

with the real spirit of Christmas. The title: "Heaven Down Here."

 We both loved it and will count it as one of our favorites. 

Happy Birthday to George Wallace!