Bern, Switzerland
9th operating temple
Dedicated: 11-15 Sept 1955
By: David O. McKay
Jesus Christ Atonement through
DC 74:7
But little children are holy, being sanctified through the atonement of Jesus Christ; and this is what the scriptures mean.
Book of Mormon
1 Nephi 10:11-11:11
*What do I think it means to "diligently seek?"
*How has the gift of the Holy Ghost blessed my life?
Old Testament
Genesis 26-28
26 The Lord promises Isaac posterity as the stars of heaven in number - In his seed, all nations will be blessed - The Lord prospers Isaac, temporally and spiritually, for Abraham's sake - Isaac offers sacrifices - Esau marries Hittite wives to the sorrow of his parents.
27 Rebekah guides Jacob in seeking blessings - Jacob is blessed to have dominion and rule over peoples and nations - Esau hates Jacob and plans to say him - Rebekah fears that Jacob may marry one of the daughters of Heth.
28 Isaac forbids Jacob to marry a Canaanite - He blesses Jacob and his seed with the blessings of Abraham - Esau marries a daughter of Ishmael - Jacob sees in vision a ladder reaching up into heaven - The Lord promises him seed as the dust of the earth in number - The Lord also promises Jacob that in him and in his seed all the families of the earth will be blessed - Jacob covenants to pay tithes.
Old Testament Scripture Mastery
Exodus 20:17
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
General Conference
By Divine Design
Elder Ronald A. Rasband
"What should you be looking for in your own life? What are God's miracles that remind you that He is close, saying, "I am right here"? Think of those times, some daily, when the Lord has acted in your life - and then acted again. Treasure them as moments the Lord has shown confidence in you and in your choices. But allow Him to make more of you than you can make of yourself on your own. Treasure His involvement. Sometimes we consider changes in our plans as missteps on our journey. Think of them more as first steps to being "on the Lord's errand."
Another quote from Elder Rasband:
"The Lord does not do things by coincidence but by divine design."
I can't bend my knee this morning and it hurts. Nevertheless I helped James and Chuck clean the church. We have to do it today because tomorrow we work in the temple. On the way home we checked the mail...nothing...Diane Rico said she would send us a check for December's payment, but we haven't seen it.
For lunch James grilled steaks and I made lemon pepper asparagus in the oven. Everything tasted so good and we must have been hungry because we ate it all.
I watched President Monson's funeral this afternoon. I wonder if his favorite color was purple. The tabernacle choir had purple robes and ties, and so did some of the speakers. I really enjoyed his daughter's, Ann Dibb's, talk.
I spent most of the day looking for photos of James in the photo albums in the family room. James scanned some of them into the computer and sent them to Stacy, two at a time. There were 70 of them so it took awhile. Stacy is making a power point for James's birthday party.
Here are some of the photos I found in an album Dawn gave me for Christmas a few years ago.
I think he looks like James Hayden
in this picture.
David is the tall one.
In spite of my knee I pushed myself and walked over 11,000 steps today.
This evening our episode of Heartland was called, "The Road Ahead."
More old photos:
Jared and James
Family Letter 1978 or 1979
James and Rocky
Joel Heaton, Jared, James
San Antonio temple
Tanner and James
The shootout last summer
Tanner won.
