After a session at the Gilbert temple.
We are terrible at selfies.
Alma 26:1-16
How is it a blessing to be an instrument in the hands of God?
1 - . . . Ammon: "How great reason have we to rejoice; could we have supposed when we started from the land of Zarahemla that God would have granted unto us such great blessings?"
2 - These are the blessings:
3 - Our brethren the Lamanites were in darkness, . . ., but behold how many of them are brought to behold the marvelous light of God. This is the blessing bestowed upon us, that we have been made instruments in the hands of God to bring about this great work.
4 - Thousands rejoice and have been brought into the fold of God.
7 - They are in the hands of the Lord of the harvest, and they are his; and he will raise them up at the last day.
8 - Blessed be the name of our God; let us sing to his praise, let us give thanks to His holy name, . . .
11 - Ammon in response to Aaron's accustion that he is boasting: "I do not boast in my own strength, nor in my own wisdom; but behold, my joy is full, yea, my heart is brim with joy and I will rejoice in my God.
12 - Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in His strength I can do all things.
14 - We have reason to praise Him forever, for He is the Most High God, and has loosed our brethren from the chains of hell.
16 - Let us glory in the Lord. Yea, who can say too much of His great power and mercy, and of His long-suffering towards the children of men. I cannot say the smallest part of that which I feel.
GC: "What Shall We Do"? Neill F. Marriott
James and I went to the 7:45 am temple session at the Gilbert temple this morning. I gave James a name, Levi Strickland, by accident, that did not have the initiatory done yet. Before the session he was able to do the initiatory. That was pretty amazing to me. While he was going through for one of my relatives, I was going through for Ida Ballentine, one of his relatives.
When we got home we took James truck to Sears to get it serviced and then we picked up Michael and Alex to take them to lunch at Cheesecake Factory. This is our celebatory scripture reading lunch.
A couple of handsome young men
After taking Michael, Alex, and James home, I went to see if Sheri could fix my glasses. She had spent the morning at the emergency room at the hospital with Ben. Thank goodness the doctor didn't think it was anything too serious.
It looks serious to me.
Sheri didn't have the tools to fix my glasses so we went down to Chandler Eye where Nancy was catching up on some work while the office was closed. Not only did Nancy fix my glasses, she fixed the noseguards too. For some unknown reason they had melted. Thank you so much Nancy!
I went to the mall and Target with Sheri while James took my car to Sears and picked up his truck. We bought clothes for Lola at the Gap and then went to the Oil & Vinegar store. I went a little crazy before it was all over.
I still have a couple of bottles to fill.
I got the tuscany garlic olive oil,
strawberry rhubarb, cranberry, and apple & lime vinegar.
My salads are going to taste delicious!
Sheri and I also went to Target Greatland. She bought Ruby an Girl Scout Oven that bakes the Girl Scout Cookies. I bought Lola a little Fischer Price ferris wheel. I am so excited!
We stopped by See's for some candy and then it was back home where I started my fast. James had already started his. I have to confess that I had some See's candy.
It was nice to be able to get both of our cars serviced today and ready to make the trip home
Cathi gave me some of this sunscreen and I am going to have James wear it when he works outside. It is always so hard to find something you want to put on your face that will actually block the sun.
Ben needed to use this.
Guess who has a new dog? Joshua. He took his parents to the pet store in the mall where we were last night and they got "Shipley" for free. I guess she has been there for awhile and some people even adopted her and then brought her back.
Cute outfit Shipley
Brian sent us a video from the cabin of a hard rainstorm with rivers of water running everywhere. I am glad for the rain but I wish I was there to enjoy it.
He also sent this picture that he took while he and Kim were coming off Christmas tree trail.
They went out looking for wildlife but never in their
wildest dreams thought they would see Big Horn sheep.
