Wednesday, November 21st, 2018

Manti, Utah

3rd operating temple

Dedicated: 21-23 May 1888

By: Lorenzo Snow

Jesus Christ, Death of

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

Book of Mormon #1

Mormon 3:1-22

*Mormon loved his people in spite of their actions. What should our attitude be towards those we know who don't keep the commandments?

- When he was in the Presiding Bishopric, Bishop Glenn L. Pace admonished us to strive to emulate the love Mormon exhibited: "This prophet had Christlike love for a fallen people. Can we be content with loving less? We must press forward with the pure love of Christ to spread the good news of the gospel. As we do so and fight the war of good against evil, light against darkness, and truth against falsehood, we must not neglect our responsibility of dressing the wounds of those who have fallen in battle." (Ensign, Nov. 1990, 8-9).

Book of Mormon #2

Alma 37-39

Old Testament

Hosea 1-3

General Conference

The Role of the Book of Mormon in Conversion

"My testimony of the divine calling of the Prophet Joseph Smith has been strengthened by prayerfully studying the Book of Mormon."

Up at 6, I'm two hours late. Maybe my body is trying to tell me something. 

"Even those who have been grossly unfaithful to God can reestablish their relationship with him if they will but turn back to Him with full purpose of heart." (OTSM, Hosea, p. 103).

The Hebrew name Hosea signifies help, deliverance and salvation. Hosea was a contemporary of Isaiah, Amos, and Micah.

People I have been asked to pray for today: 

1. Jared Ammon. His girlfriend is asking him to leave because of his drinking. Stacy and Paul have offered him a place to stay if he will get treatment. Stacy asked us to pray that he would agree to get treatment.

2. Gary Auxier. Bishop Auxier was found passed out in his car. He is unconscious in the hospital and they don't know what's wrong. (Later in the day I received a text that he was awake and was doing much better. They think he had a stroke).

3. Nate Westbrook. Nate is the son of our friends Dave and Rosa. He works on a ranch in the southern part of the state. A horse fell on him and crushed his hand and shoulder. 

These are all serious concerns and I will certainly pray for all of these people.

I spent some time today trying to figure out how to add products on Amazon to sell. I'm having a little difficulty and Amazon does not offer a lot of help. In the meantime I am watching Christmas movies and waiting for Kim and Brian to arrive. 

I was taking things upstairs this afternoon when I saw James laying on the bed in my office. He didn't see the quilt squares I had laid out on the bed until I pointed them out. When he got up he had a couple of squares stuck to his behind. I'm just wondering why he didn't use the bed in his office.

Kim and Brian arrived this evening. The turkey is in the brine and James and Brian put together the smoker.

Kim said that Brother Pargetter, an old friend of ours who is now in their ward, is in hospice. The family would like us to pray for him.

Family baptisms are the best!

I love this fall photo!

This girl loves to sleep! 

Friday, August 26, 2016

So true!

Alma 56:41-57

41 - Helaman: "We continue to flee before the Lamanites."

42 - In the morning of the third day of the seventh month, the Lamanites halted.

43 - We didn't know why they halted.  Maybe to catch us in a snare or because Antipus overcame them.

44 - Helaman: "What say ye my sons, will ye go against them to battle?"

45 - Never had I seen so great courage.

46 - My sons said unto me: "Father, behold our God is with us, and He will not suffer that we shall fall; then let us go forth; . . .

47 - Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them.

48 - We do no doubt our mother's knew it.

49 - We returned to help Antipus fight the Lamanites.

50 - Antipus's army was about to fall.

51 - Antipus and many leaders had fallen by the sword.

52 - Lamanites halt and turn upon Helaman's army.

53 - Antipus's army attacks from the rear.

54 - We, our two armies, did surround the Lamanites and sley them insomuch that they gave up their weapons and became our prisoners of war.

55-56 - Not one of my young men had been slain.  They fought with great strength!

57 - The prisoners of war were sent to Zarahemla.

GC: "Always Remember Him" by Elder Gerrit W. Gong.

James's back hurts so bad this morning that I rub some Deep Blue on it and he goes back to bed.  He is also a little discouraged because he does not have his temple clothes or his temple recommend for tonight.  He called the temple and they said he could wear scrubs and booties and then he called the bishop and he said he would call the temple about his recommend.

We have the privilege of cleaning this temple tonight.

I finished all the Church magazines for the month of August.  Now I can start Septembers.  For lunch today James and I both had beans

and salad.

Sadly the "treat yoself" always wins.

I am not looking forward to going to the valley tomorrow.  We are going down because Michael is being ordained an elder on Sunday.  I am proud of him and would not want to miss this special event.

We left early for temple cleaning to get gas, wash our car, and run through Sonic for some dinner.  I had a grilled cheese sandwich because I felt like it wouldn't be messy.  James, who was driving, got a hamburger with mustard.  Of course he got mustard on the sleeve of his shirt.  The temple looked something like this:

We had 25 people come to help us clean the temple.  The Burkey's who are summer visitors, and the Price's who are visitors.  Rick and Pam Giles, Teresa and Wes Smith, Owen and Donna Peeler, Fred and Barbara Klug, Gary and Maxine Thompson, Tamara and Jimmy Applegate, Sister Virginia Chaffin, Brother Clayton Reidhead, Sister Garp, Ann Miller, Rusty Allen and Steve Allen, Kip Hunsaker, Sam Gordon, and Steve Butler.  What a great feeling to have a ward that is so supportive!

These are my brother's Harold's youngest grandsons.  They belong to Monte and Tasha.  One is almost 13 and the other will be 16.  They are such handsome boys!