159th operating temple
Dedicated: Dec 10, 2017
By: Henry B. Eyring
Jesus Christ, Judge
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"
Jacob 6
The Lord will recover Israel in the last days - The world will be burned with fire - Men must follow Christ to avoid the lake of fire and brimstone.
Jacob 7
Sherem denies Christ, contends with Jacob, demands a sign, and is smitten of God - All of the prophets have spoken of Christ and His Atonement - The Nephites lived out their days as wanderers, born in tribulation, and hated by the Lamanites.
October 2019 Gen Con
"Covenant Belonging"
Elder Gerrit W. Gong
"Dear brothers and sisters, as witnessed by the Holy Ghost, everything good and eternal is centered in the living reality of God, our Eternal Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ, and His Atonement. Our Lord, Jesus Christ, is the Mediator of the new covenant. Testifying of Jesus Christ is a covenant purpose of the Book of Mormon. By oath and covenant, God's restored priesthood authority is intended to bless all God's children including through covenant marriage, generational family, and individual blessings.
Our Savior declares, 'I am Alpha and Omega, Christ the Lord; yea, even I am he, the beginning and the end, the Redeemer of the world.' With us at the beginning, He is with us, in all our covenant belonging, to the end. I so testify in the sacred and holy name of Jesus Christ, amen."
Ensign
"Inconveniently True"
Max and Ruby were both up early this morning. By early I mean before 10. I think Joshua was up too but he may have been walking outside.
I worked on my blog and my book business most of the morning. The kids ate cereal. I helped Lola get her Honeycomb. I guess all of the Apple Jacks are gone.
Addy ran on the stairs because it was cold outside this morning.
I fixed lunch for Rowan, Joshua and Max. Rowan and Joshua had grilled cheese sandwiches and Max had a couple of hotdogs.
Much of the time they were here the boys were upstairs playing video games. Lola likes to be a part of the action so she would sit and watch them.
They also played Settlers of Caitan, Scattergories, and Apples to Apples. One day all of the kids played Sardines which is like Hide and Go Seek except when you find a person you hide with them. When it was Rowan's turn to be it he asked me if there were mouse traps set in the pantry. I told him yes so he decided to hide somewhere else.
One night they tried to play Gray Wolf but I think it was too muddy and they came in. Max thought the game would be too scary and didn't want Lola to play but Addy told him she wasn't scared of anything.
The girls and I did a puzzle together. Lola did the two small 100 piece fairy puzzles and all of us did a Snow White puzzle that had 300 pieces. We were a little miffed to find that one of the pieces we had spent a lot of time looking for was missing.
Trina sent money so we could go get the kids pizza this afternoon. I had to go to town to get my Tramadol and Metoprolol prescriptions anyway so when we got to town I called and ordered two large pepperoni pizzas and a large cheese pizza from Pizza Factory. No one has had Pizza Factory pizza except Joshua but the majority wanted to try it so that's what we ordered. It disappeared all but a few pieces in a flash. I guess you could say it was a good choice.
During "Come Follow Me" everyday Lola has read a verse of scripture. Today was no different as we read Jacob 6 and 7 and discussed how Jacob could not be shaken by Sherem.
Addy baked the roll of cookie dough we bought in my round pizza pan and I got out the homemade vanille Bluebell ice cream so we could have pazookie and ice cream for dessert. The only ones who ate any were all of Darrel and Trina's kids and me. The other three boys were too busy upstairs playing video games.
Tonight is the last night the kids will be here. I hope Evan is able to get a good night's sleep. He has difficulty sleeping up here.
Ziggie's under the bed
