Portland, Oregon
42nd operating temple
Dedicated: 19-21 August 1989 by
Gordon B. Hinckley
Alma 12:1-19
* When has the Holy Ghost helped you recognize and avoid temptation?
* Elder David A. Bednar: "Spiritual understanding...simply cannot be given to us. The tuition of diligence and of learning by study and also by faith must be paid to obtain and personally 'own' such knowledge. Only in this way can what is known in the mind also be felt in the heart."
* The Lord reveals spiritual truths to us according to the heed and diligence we give to His words.
* What is the relationship between the condition of our hearts and our ability to receive spiritual truth?
* We will be held accountable before God for our thoughts, words, and actions.
DC 84:89-102
92-97, Plagues and cursings await those who reject the gospel; 98-102, The new song of the redemption of Zion is given;
What shall be the song that we sing?
* A new song concerning the redemption of Zion and the restoration of Israel.
General Conference
Our Father's Glorious Plan
Elder Weatherford T. Clayton
"In a grand premortal council, Our Father told us about His plan. When we understood it, we were so happy that we shouted for joy, and 'the morning stars sang together.' That plan is built upon three grand pillars: the pillars of eternity. The first pillar is the Creation of the earth, the setting for our mortal journey. The second pillar is the Fall of our first earthly parents. The third pillar is the Savior Jesus Christ and His Atonement."
I added a new dimension to my scripture study as a result of President Nelson's conference address. I am studying all of the scriptures under Jesus Christ and the 57 subheadings under his name in the topical guide. Today I studied the scriptures in Matthew, Mark, and Luke regarding the Savior's transfiguration. I am also making a notebook with scriptures referring to the Atonement to contemplate during the Sacrament.
The herd was here this morning when we got up. Our grass is trampled. James is so sad.
We went to town to get a part for the tractor and to get the oil changed in my car. James had to order a part and it won't be here until tomorrow. I went grocery shopping but we didn't get the oil changed because they said it would take 2 1/2 hours.
We had lunch at Aliberto's. My shredded beef taco was yummy! I bought alot of extra's today during my shopping trip. Three $50 gift cards for birthdays, goggles for the Razr, a sling shot to shoot cows with and a facial hair remover gadget, and the new Beauty and the Beast movie. Oh, by the way, James loves his Harry's razor that I ordered for him.
We came home and watched the most recent episode of "The Good Witch" and then James went to try out the sling shot.
James worked outside on the fence until 4 p.m. He stopped and went over to the Howard's to work for awhile. I chased away cows two times while he was gone. While I am sitting at the dining room table working on my blog and watching Beauty and the Beast, I look outside and see a calf rubbing up against one of James's fruit trees. I grab my sling shot and go. I am a lousy shot so I don't think she has anything to worry about. I yell at her and she stares at me a few seconds and then turns and runs. This plague of cows is really tiresome.
This evening I read a chapter about Solomon Mack from the Joseph Smith History by His Mother. James works outside on the fence until 9:30. He knows we are leaving for the valley in a couple of days and will not leave his trees and grass unprotected from the cows.
My view while riding in the Razr trying to drive
the cows away. They look scared, don't they.
The Mountain Elk Burger at
Karen's Country Bakery.
(Maybe I should show this picture to the cows and say:
"This could be you!")
I love the Beast!
Especially when he sings
"Evermore."
June 4, 2015
Our Chandler home remodeled kitchen.
