Columbia River, Washington
107th operating temple
Dedicated: 18 Nov 2001
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
What should I pray for?
Bible Dictionary, "Prayer," paragraph 7
As soon as we learn the true relationship in which we stand toward God (namely, God is our Father, and we are His children), then at once prayer becomes natural and instinctive on our part (Matt. 7:7-11). Many of the so-called difficulties about prayer arise from forgetting this relationship. Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other. The object of prayer is not to change the will of God but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant but that are made conditional on our asking for them. Blessings require some work or effort on our part before we can obtain them. Prayer is a form of work and is an appointed means for obtaining the highest of all blessings.
Jesus Christ betrayal of
Matthew 26:16
And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
Book of Mormon
Mosiah 12:1-16
*Why do you think King Noah and his priests chose not to listen to Abinadi's warnings?
- Don't we hear what we want to hear? Who wants to be told they are wrong and need to repent? When we start to veer off the path our sight becomes clouded. We don't see things in their true light. It's so easy to get confused. What is the cause? Pride, wickedness, and rationalization, just to name a few. When we don't have the Holy Ghost with us, and we do all the thinking we can go off the strait and narrow path quickly. When we think evil is good, and good is evil, and have no need to listen to the Lord's anointed, we can be sure we are in trouble spiritually. No one wants to believe Satan has a hold on their heart. But when we aren't following Christ and his appointed leaders, then aren't we followers of evil?
Old Testament
Judges 18-19
18 The Danites send men to seek an inheritance - They take Michah's images and priest, burn the city of Laish, and set up idolatry.
19 A Levite's concubine returns to her father - Her husband takes her back, and they lodge overnight in Gibeah - The men of Gibeah abuse the concubine and she dies - The Levite husband cuts her into twelve pieces and sends them to the tribes of Israel.
General Conference
His Spirit To Be With You
President Henry B. Eyring
"I pray with all my heart that you will hear the voice of the Spirit, which is sent to you so generously."
I got up late this morning and then James told me we had to go to town to get our tire checked out at Discount Tire.
We arrived at Discount Tire at 8:30. Our tire is ruined, probably because I drove on it for quite awhile before I noticed it was flat, but they will still honor our warranty. They don't have any new tires to fit our car but they gave us a used one and they will trade it for a brand new one when it comes in. They said it would take about an hour. I had some shopping to do at Walmart so that was perfect.
The Grapp kids and Amaron are coming over tonight so I got some stuff to fix hamburgers. I also got some frozen lemonade, limeade, grape juice, and fruit punch.
While I was in Walmart James went to Home Depot for potting soil and a couple of irises and a hydrangea bush.
When we got back to Discount, an hour since we left our car, it was just sitting in the work bay. I knew an hour sounded too good to be true. I talked James into going back to the hiking trail on Show Low Creek just this side of the Hampton Inn. We realized we could not only hike here but could take the kids fishing too. Sheri and I did this hike once sometime back but I did not remember about the fishing.
We hiked for probably 45 minutes and turned back. We could have gone further but decided it was time to go back to check on Lexy.
My picture of James
His picture of me
Selfie because Jared and Kacey
requested it.
Beware of the livestock
This is place is right by the highway so it's
very convenient.
When we got back to Discount James went in to get the car and I was supposed to drive the truck home. Instead I sent a couple of texts so he ended up leaving before I did. I also stopped at Dollar General on the way home to get marshmallows and chocolate for Smores tonight for the Grapp kids. I got a little carried away. I found baby gifts for the Wilhelm baby, some fun stuff for Andyn's birthday, and a pair of pants for James.
When I got home I fixed lunch and then took a short nap.
I worked on my blog while James went outside to work.
Stacy texted me about the date for our anniversary party. We finally settled on June 2nd, which is the Saturday we will be at the timeshare in Scottsdale. I have the assignment to see if there is a room available for us to use.
Stacy mentioned the Arizona Teacher's Walkout schedule for this next Thursday. I guess if demands are not met for better wages the teachers will not be showing up for school.
I tried to get all of my steps in before 5 p.m., the time that the
Grapp's are supposed to show up. I made it!
The Grapp's arrived at 5 but Amaron's mom, Laurann got lost and I had to go pick him up down by the Hunsaker's. She has a Prius
and she bottomed out in a couple of places so she was going to go home. I told her I would come and get Amaron who was crying.
A storm is definitely on it's way. It looks like it is raining pretty hard towards Snowflake and Taylor. It finally arrived here while the kids were eating only it wasn't rain, but snow. We had a white cover on the ground when it got dark.
Benson and Tildy watched The Little Mermaid II in our room and Liana watched Beauty and the Beast in the family room after dinner. Emsley played upstairs and Amaron hung out in the kitchen asking for food. He had a smore and then some more chocolate and I sent him upstairs to play. Emsley never came down for a smore, she did come down once for a drink of water.
We only had one altercation, Emsley hit Tildy with something and made her cry. Tildy went to Liana for comfort but didn't seem like she was hurt too badly. I went up to talk to Emsley and she was curled up in a ball on the couch with her hands in her face. I just told her that Tildy loved her and was sad that she hit her. I could tell she already felt bad so I didn't say too much.
The Grapp's took Amaron home so Laurann didn't have to venture over here again.
I did listen to one of President Nelson's talks today. This one was from October 1994, "The Spirit of Elijah." After our company left, they left after nine, James and I read from our books and then went to bed.
President and Sister Nelson in India
The fires have already begun.
