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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Monday, February 18th, 2019

Merida, Mexico

92nd operating temple

Dedicated: 8 July 2000

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

DC 42:1

Hearken, O ye elders of my church, who have assembled yourselves together in my name, even Jesus Christ the Son of the living God, the Savior of the world; inasmuch as ye believe on my name and keep my commandments.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 9:31-49

*S.M.I.L.E. "To be spiritually-minded is life eternal." What does it mean to be spiritually minded?

- Vs 39 says it is life eternal. That is our end goal, but is the word eternal the key to our spirituality? How do we view life? If we view our experiences in terms of eternity, we draw closer to God, and father away from worldliness. These eternal qualities are evident in the way we react to death, tragedy or misfortunes. To be spiritually minded is to view our experiences in terms of the enlarged perspective of eternity. If we view what happens to us in terms of our knowledge of the purpose of life, the mission of the Savior and our eternal destiny... we are spiritually minded. (See talk "Spirituality" by Dallin H. Oaks).

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 5; Luke 6 "Blessed Are Ye"

"Happiness" Jack H. Goaslind, April 1986

Ensign

"The Most Influential People"

"Time to Serve"

General Conference

Sisters Participation in the Gathering of Israel

"Second, I invite you to read the Book of Mormon between now and the end of the year. As impossible as that may seem with all you are trying to manage in your life, if you will accept this invitation with full purpose of heart, the Lord will help you find a way to achieve it. And, as you prayerfully study, I promise that the heavens will open for you. The Lord will bless you with increased inspiration and revelation."

Try, Try Try

President Henry B. Eyring

"The statement that we are 'willing to take upon us' His name tells us that while we first took the Savior's name when we were baptized, taking His name is not finished at baptism. We must work continually to take His name throughout our lives, including when we renew covenants at the sacrament table and make covenants in the Lord's holy temples."

"There are few things as transformative as seeing someone you love take on the mantle of missionary and dedicate their lives to the Lord in a way that makes the Spirit truly their constant companion" ..that's what Ben has done."

It's snowing and it's supposed to snow all day. Ben is skyping hoe today because he wants to see Ollie.

James and I called our temple supervisors today and told them we would be back at the temple on Saturday. Sister Cochran said I was an answer to prayers because so many sisters are no longer coming.

I love watching it snow while I am walking, inside, of course. James walked outside while it was snowing and also shoveled off the walks.

I planned on going grocery shopping today. James didn't want me to go by myself because of the weather, so he went with me. There was much more snow in Show Low than there was in Vernon, which is kind of unusual. There was about 3 inches of snow in Show Low and less than that in Vernon. I am grateful that James went with me. We listened to our book on the way home and conference talks on the way there.

James went through all of the books we have in our inventory and repriced them. It took him several hours. We sold book #10, "Herbs and Things."

For FHE we listened to "Try, Try, Try" and then watched "Chronicle Mysteries: Recovered" starring Alison Sweeney and Benjamin Ayres. It was okay but not great. I really do like the romantic movies so much better than the mysteries.