Anchorage, Alaska
Temple #54
I hadn't seen Scooter since yesterday morning so I was pleasantly surprised when he showed up this morning. Kathy Crane says we need to get him fixed. I guess he's been going over to their house and admiring the female cats.
Sammy has a hurt paw that he isn't walking on. I tried to get him to let me look at it but I was not successful. He is still very skittish.
James put Sammy's food up on the little table where Sammy was sitting so he wouldn't have to get down.
I studied about the tabernacle today.
as to what each object represents.
They are making a life-size tabernacle in
Snowflake for people to tour.
I got some sad news this morning. My friend Pam Giles posted on Facebook that Jenny Long's husband had passed away. He has been ill for some time. Jenny also has a daughter that has a brain tumor. Jenny is not a member of the Church but she is an amazing, positive woman whom I love although I have only met her a few times. I donated some money to help with taking meals to the family and got Jenny's address from Pam so I can send Jenny a card.
I listened to Inklings with Emily and Amy who runs HXP a non-profit service organization for young men and women were the presenters. The talk was Elder Kearon's "About His Business" regarding Church callings. Here are some notes I took:
Invitation: Every calling, whatever it may be, is "His business" when embraced with a humble and willing heart and a desire to lift and comfort His children and share His good news.
Promise: Everything is better - everything is better - when we are about His business.
Favorite Quote: "Common consent is not a mere formality but a beautiful mix of our agency, unity, and faith. It is a voluntary, personal commitment to support, uphold, and help."
Affirmation: I choose to serve with a humble heart, trusting that every opportunity is shaping me. As I look outward and give, I grow - because in serving others I am serving God.
Sometimes sustaining means showing up.
We are all called to do the same work. We are to encourage one another and be instruments to bring others to Christ.
Living faith at full speed is contagious.
Allow the Lord to use us and then step back and not get in his way.
Be aware of the power of our voices and be intentional about making them positive.
A prophet of God has said that women in the Church in the last days will be distinct and different in happy ways and will bring others into the Church because of it.
It is not where we serve, but how.
How can I building the kingdom today?
Some callings are highly stretching. It's about Becoming.
Amy blocks out 30 minutes a day to ponder who to serve for the Lord.
James had to go to town again today. Something about screws and cash to pay Kat and Larry who are coming back to work tomorrow. I gave him a check to take to the bank. He came back with $500. I told him he should have gotten more.
James was putting on the new plywood on the scaffolding when I heard a loud crash. I was almost afraid to look. When I did, James was at the side of the scaffolding assuring me that he was okay. I really do wish this project was complete. I don't care how much Kat and Larry charge, James needs their help for my sanity!
Something Emily said in Inklings made me stop and think about my personal conversations, especially with James. I need to be more aware of the power of my voice. I need to remember a Prophet of God has said women in the last days will be distinct and different in positive and happy ways. So good.
I finished my book, "A Proper Charade" and started a new one, "Forgotten Notes" by Sian Ann Bessey. An LDS return missionary visits Wales and meets a harp playing girl who is not a member of the Church. Of course, they fall in love.
"Simply put, discipleship takes self-discipline. It is not a casual endeavor, and it doesn't happen by accident."
- President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Exodus 31:13
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
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