Portland, Oregon
42nd operating temple
Dedicated: 19 Aug 1989
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus Christ, King
Isaiah 43:15
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"
Mosiah 17; Read with James; Discussed with Goodman's, Sunday journal, study guide
April General Conference
"A Living Witness of the Living Christ"
Bishop Gerald
"The entire 'good news' of the gospel is contained in the image of the Savior tenderly extending His 'arms of mercy' to invite each individual to come unto Him and receive the blessings of His Atonement."
"The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
October 2007
I spent the morning finishing my study of this week's "Come Follow Me" lesson, Mosiah 11-17. James and I watched the video included with the lesson which shows Adinadi preaching to King Noah and his priests and Alma accepting his words and fleeing from the king. Alma baptizes his followers at the waters of Mormon.
The first person to wish me a happy mother's day was Kacey with a sweet text that said:
Happy Mother's Day! I am so grateful for your example and righteous influence in my life and our family's life. I regret that I came into the picture later, but I am so grateful I get eternity with sch a wonderful mother and family. I love you!
This message touched my heart so much. I am so grateful to Kacey and her righteousness and her love for Jared. I truly and honestly believe that she saved him.
Others who sent their wishes: Addy, my cousin Rita, Jared, Brian, Kim, Sheri, Stacy, Michael, Darrel, Trina, Cathi and Barbara Goodman. I am truly blessed. James gave me the cutest and sweetest Mother's Day card. Michael actually called me and when he a nice visit. He just graduated from Grand Canyon State and is planning on going on to get his Master's and his Doctorate degrees. I am proud of his academic goals. I hope he still has the goal of being married in the temple.
James made me a Mother's Day breakfast this morning, scrambled eggs, whole wheat toast, sausage, and hashbrowns. It was delicious but I couldn't eat it all because I had already had three mini powdered donuts and half a slice of cheesecake.
At 11:00 we met with the Goodman's at their home for the sacrament and to study the "Come Follow Me" lesson. We sang "Upon the Cross of Calvary" and Pierce and James blessed and administered the sacrament. The Peeler's daughter is visiting with them so that's why they aren't here and Kathy Crane is still recovering from surgery and wasn't feel well enough to come.
I shared Bishop Causse's quote regarding the Savior's arms of mercy and then we decided, since the Goodman's hadn't seen it, to watch the Abinadi/Alma video. After the video we discussed Mosiah 15 and the Father and Son statements by Abinadi in the first five chapters. I read to them gospel scholar Robert Millett's statements as found in his book, The Power of the Word. Here they are:
Abinadi's Testimony of Christ as the Father and the Son
"One of the grandest messianic sermons ever delivered was Abinadi's defense before King Noah and his wicked priests, particularly that portion constituting chapter fifteen of Mosiah. The first five verses of this chapter are especially poignant and may be understood in light of ... the ministry of Christ as the Father and the Son. ... Key doctrinal matters are given in verses one through five:
1.) God himself - Jehovah, the God of ancient Israel - will come to earth, take a physical body, and bring to pass redemption for all men.
2.) Because Jehovah/Jesus Christ will have a physical body and dwell in the flesh - like every other mortal son and daughter of God - he will be known as the Son of God. On the other hand, because he will be conceived by the power of God and will thus have within him the powers of the Spirit, he will be known as the Father. This same doctrine is given in a modern revelation through the Prophet Joseph Smith (see D&C 93:4, 12-14).
3.) The will of the Son is to be swallowed up in the will of the Father. That is, the flesh will become subject to the Spirit, the mortal subject to the immortal. 'I seek not mine own will,' Jesus explained, 'but the will of the Father which hath sent me' (John 5:30; compare 6:38). In short, Jesus will do what the Father would have him do.
4.) Thus Christ will be both the Father and the Son. He will be called the Father because he was conceived by the power of God and inherited all of the divine endowments, particularly immortality, from his exalted Sire. He will be called the Son because of the flesh - his mortal inheritance from his mother, Mary. Therefore Christ will be both flesh and spirit, both man and God, both Son and Father And they - the Son and the Father, the man and the God, the flesh and the spirit - are to be blended wondrously in one being. Jesus Christ, 'the very Eternal Father of heaven and of earth."
One thing I would add to Brother Millett's list would be that Jesus Christ is the Father of our salvation.
After our lesson Barbara served us crumb cake. I told James he should every crumb of his crumb cake. While we were eating we somehow got on the subject of lizards and reptiles. Barbara said on their acreage in Tucson they had a Gila Monster. She also said she saw a Komodo dragon on the streets of Tucson. She showed me a picture and it was so huge and massive it looked like a dinosaur.
Pierce walked us out to the car when it was time to leave. I showed him some chewed up tissues and said we had a mouse in our car. He then said that Owen Peeler has killed 61 mice in his car. Oh my gosh! So much of our time up here is spent in catching critters!
James dropped me off at home while he went to deliver plants to Colleen Franklin, Sandra Wilhelm, and Donna Peeler. When he returned home he grilled steaks and made asparagus with olive oil and salt and lemon pepper. We have a delicious lunch.
During nap time I ran off the talks on gratitude and began reading them. I already listened to them on my phone but this time I am reading and underlining.
On my phone I watched the first episode of "The Chosen" series. Mary Magdalene has evil spirits cast out by the Savior. Up until this time she has been called Lily but he called out to her and said: "I have called you by name." That is the title of this episode.
We FaceTimed with Jared, Kacey, Charlie and Tanner. Tanner had to show us his mullet. Kacey said she had a nice mother's day. Jared fixed her baked ziti for dinner.
After our FaceTime called we Skyped with Kim, Brian, Sheri, Stacy, Paul, Kacey and Jared for a study of the gospel principal of gratitude. Sheri led the discussion. Our two favorite talks to study were Elder Uchtdorf's, "Gratitude in Any Circumstances" and President Eyring's "Remember, Remember." We had a good discussion. Kim said she has a tendency to be negative and she has taken up the habit of expressing gratitude for three things when she gets up in the morning to get her on the right path. She also listens to conference talks and looks forward to our weekly gospel discussions. This has helped her attitude tremendously. Kacey will be leading the discussion next week and then James the week after.
This evening James and I both wrote letters to Ben. I also worked on my blog before going to bed. Today was a wonderful Sabbath day and a happy mother's day.
The Bogles: Elise, Betty, and Monique,
since Betty had ten children, some are missing.
Miss Scarlett
Kacey and kids, except for Autumn
