This picture was taken Saturday,
April 16, 2016.
Abinadi seems to have a glow about him in this picture.
Scripture study: Mosiah 13:5-35
This is Abinadi teaching the wicked priests of king Noah. Listen to him bear testimony in Mosiah 13:27-28:
27 - And now ye have said that salvation cometh by the law of Moses. I say unto you that it is expedient that ye should keep the law of Moses as yet; but I say unto you, that the time shall come when it shall no more be expedient to keep the law of Moses.
28 - And moreover, I say unto you, that salvation doth not come by the law alone; and were it not for the atonement, which God himself shall make for the sins and iniquities of his people, that they must unavoidably perish, notwithstanding the law of Moses.
It always amazes me that these prophets bore testimony of Christ hundreds of years before he was born. Someday I would like to speak to Abinadi and find out how he gained his testimony.
How might this story of Abinadi give you courage when you face difficult tasks? Abinadi knew who he was and what God expected of him. He was not afraid to die for his testimony. Courage is a decision where fear is a reaction. Courage is llike a muscle, the more we use it, the more it is strengthened. Abinadi chose to stand as a witness of God at all times, and in all place. Can we do the same?
Today I discovered while working on family history that my mother and her siblings were sealed to Nannie and Grandpa, but Nannie and Grandpa have not been sealed to each other. I printed out sealing cards for them and for Nannie's grandparents. I love that we can print out temple cards at home now! James and I are going to the temple tomorrow to do another endowment session. Next week we are going to do sealings. I want this work done!
I listened to three conferences talks today. One was by President Monson where he quoted the Cheshire cat speaking to Alice when she asked which path to take and said she didn't know where she was going. "If you don't know where you want to go, it doesn't matter which path you take."
Russell M. Nelson told the youth in the New Era that personal revelation can lead to spiritual discernment.
James needed to buy more lumber so he and I made a trip to town. While he was at Home Depot I went to Walmart. Trina has ask us to help make hygeine kits for refugees and I bought some of the stuff today. I also bought some things for Primary and my visiting teaching care basket for Claire Mercado. We use our travel time to either read or listen to conference talks. Today we read from "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." James isn't liking it as well as he does our romance novels, but I think we needed to branch out a little. There are seven books in this series and we are only on book two.
For dinner tonight I made pork chops with stuffing and James absolutely loved them. I got the recipe from The Food Nanny who has a show on the BYU channel. Definitely putting this one in the favorite file.
Our Hallmark movie tonight was quite lame. It was The Family Plan starring Tori Spelling and Jordan Bridges. The movie was made in 2005. She starts out by telling her boss she is married when she is not and the lie just snowballs. Pretty silly and not much redeeming value. We both were disappointed.
Tomorrow is temple day.
I have to include in each days post some of the pictures of the past that I have come across. Today's are pictures of Rowan, Joshua, and Evan has babies.
November 2006 right after Evan was born.
Early 2007. Evan is catching up.
A few months later. Evan is Super Baby!
This is when they are about two or three years old.
Best Buddies forever!
I can't wait for these three to go on missions all
at the same time.
