Manti temple
Mormon 9:22-37
Mormon knew that Moroni faced overwhelming challenges due to the wickedness of the Nephites. Nevertheless, Mormon also knew that Moroni could endure with the assistance of divine grace. The book 'True to the Faith' explains that grace provides strength to persevere in the daily struggles of life: "The word grace, as used in the scriptures, refers primarily to the divine help and strength we receive through the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. In addition to needing grace for your ultimate salvation, you need this enabling power every day of your life. As you draw near to your Heavenly Father in diligence, humility and meekness He will uplift and strengthen you through His grace."
GC: Repentance: A Joyful Choice by Elder Dale G. Renlund
" Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more. By this ye may know if a man repenteth of his sins, - behold, he will confess them and forsake them." - D&C 58:42-43
One of the first things I did this morning was read an article called: "Why Being Bored is Good for Children." "We don't have to have a particular creative talent or intellectual bent to benefit from boredom. Just letting the mind wander from time to time is important, it seems, for everybody's mental wellbeing and functioning. Children need to sit in their own boredom for the world to be quiet enough that they can hear themselves. Inner quiet equals self-awareness. Their interests are stimulated as they come to find solutions to boredom."
Do either one of these girls look bored?
James got a call from Brother Skousen who is our ward High Priest Group Leader in the Vernon ward. He asked if he and President Jensen from the new stake presidency could come by for a visit this evening. James got out the nativity set and I got out some more Christmas decorations and tried to clean the wood floor where James had tracked mud in before their visit.
President Jensen is the retired member of the stake presidency. He lives in the Pinetop Lakes Country Club and must be quite wealthy. He knew our former bishop, Bob Horne and so did Brother Skousen. We had a nice visit.
No, they did not give us a balloon.
We watched two Christmas movies today:
"Finding Christmas," and "Married by Christmas." The first one is one of my favorites but the second was meh.
Last years week after Christmas.
I love pictures of Arizona
