Reno, Nevada
81st operating temple
Dedicated: 23 Apr 2000
By: Thomas S. Monson
Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship
Luke 8:28
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
Book of Mormon
2 Nephi 2:11-21
What are some insights about the Plan of Salvation in this chapter?
New Testament "Come Follow Me"
JST Matt 4:1 - instead of to be tempted of the devil; to be with God. (Much better!)
General Conference
Truth and the Plan
President Dallin H. Oaks
"We are a missionary people. We are sometimes asked why we send missionaries to so many nations, even among Christian populations. We receive the same question about why we give many millions of dollars of humanitarian aid to persons who are not members of our Church and why we do not like this aid to our missionary efforts. We do this because we esteem all mortals as children of God - our brothers and sisters - and we want to share our spiritual and temporal abundance with everyone."
It is 10 degrees outside. It will be sunny today and the high will be 30 degrees.
We sold book #6 today, "Homemade Flour." Another book, "Earth Science" is pending. Things are finally starting to happen.
I read an article on Meridian Magazine today about mountains, adversity, and becoming like God entitled, "When Life's Adversities Mount." The article was written by Sister Joni Hilton. I am going to use some of the information from this article in my email to Ben this week. Here is the part I want to send him:
"God allows bad things to happen to good people because earth life is where He makes us into more than we knew we could be. This wasn't supposed to be an amusement park with free-flowing ice cream; it's a learning laboratory, a place of transformation. As we draw closer to our Father in Heaven, as we involve Him in our lives and turn to Him with faith we break through the childish desire for instant gratification and self-indulgence. We find greater fulfillment in building the kingdom. We learn Godly traits as we endure setbacks and sorrows. We find deeper joy in serving and sometimes rescuing others. We overcome what looked like crushing obstacles, pressures beyond our imagination. But if we overcome, we BECOME and what we become are mountains."
James and I listened to Book Profits webinar today featuring John, Kris, Paul, and Nate of Mastermind. It was ok.
James and I made green chili venison stew today. It was delicious, especially with Sister Schuster's rolls.
Today while working the book business I removed four books from our stranded inventory; two Japan books, and two Abnormal Psychology books. I inventoried four more books to be merchant fulfilled. While working the business I had an old Hallmark movie on, "Cooking with Love." A good movie starring Ali Liebert and Brett Dalton. Ali plays Kelly and Brett play Chef Stephen. Kelly says to Chef Stephen: "Sometimes it's better to be kind than right."
Do I really want to exercise?
Ok, Here I go.
I feel so good about myself.
Weird!
Sweetie Pie!
James enjoying the nice weather.
Notice the snow in the background.
