Provo, Utah
15th operating temple
Dedicated: 9 Feb 1972 by
Joseph Fielding Smith
(read by Harold B. Lee)
Alma 13:21-14:5
* Alma invites the people to hearken to the voice of the Lord and enter into His rest.
* The ancient prophets speak of 'entering into God's rest' (see Alma 12:34; DC 84:23-24); what does it mean?
"To my mind, it means entering into the knowledge and love of God, having faith in his purpose and in His plan, to such an extent that we know we are right, and that we are not hunting for something else" (Joseph F. Smith, Teachings of Presidents of the Church:Joseph F. Smith, 56).
* "True saints enter into the rest of the Lord while in this life, and by abiding in the truth, they continue in that blessed state until they rest with the Lord in heaven....The rest of the Lord, in eternity, is to inherit eternal life, to gain the fulness of the Lord's glory" (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 633).
* What words in Alma 13:27-29 show how Alma felt about the people and about his message?
* As we respond humbly to the invitation to repent, the Spirit will lead us into the 'rest of the Lord.'
DC 87:1-8
1-4, War is foretold between the Northern States and the Southern States; 5-8, Great calamities will fall upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
What is meant by "stand in holy places?"
* Stakes of Zion, how one lives more than where one lives. Live worthy of the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. Our homes should be holy places. A holy place is any place where a person enjoys the spirit and presence of divinity. The temple is such a place. (See p. 196, Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual).
General Conference
Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ into our Lives
President Russell M. Nelson
Earlier this year, I asked the young adults of the Church to consecrate a portion of their time each week to study everything Jesus said and did as recorded in the standard works. I invited them to let the scriptural citations about Jesus Christ in the Topical Guide become their personal core curriculum. I gave that challenge because I had already accepted it myself. I read and underlines every verse cited about Jesus Christ, as listed under the main heading and the 57 subtitles in the Topical Guide. When I finished that exciting exercise, my wife asked me what impact it had on me. I told her, ""I am a different man!"
I accepted this challenge by President Nelson and it is the first
thing I do when I get up in the morning. It makes me excited to get up and has set the tone for my prayers and scripture study.
When we drove up Friday evening there was one lone bull in our yard. I guess someone drove the other cows away. When we got up this morning Mr. Bull had one of his wives and a couple of his children here.
I read something on Facebook that caught my attention today.
A Christian women's soccer player refuses to wear gay pride jersey and withdraws from the U.S. National team. "Jalena Hinkle posted on her Twitter page: Colossians 3:32: 'And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.' If you live for people's acceptance, you will die from their rejection."
Today in the New Testament I read about the Savior instituting the sacrament. In Teaching in the Savior's Way I studied the section, "Help Learners Liken the Scriptures to Themselves."
I just about have the first half of the Living Christ memorized.
James is quite pleased with himself the morning. He was able to fix the auger. He is getting to be a pretty good mechanic, including the greasy smell.
Tonight we clean the temple. I marinated some chicken for us to grill tomorrow. I ironed James a white shirt, took a shower and did my basic daily clean of the house. I wrote down a quote from President Nelson's talk on growing closer to the Savior about the Savior's power. I put it in my ponder journal so I can look at it every day.
James was on the phone most of the day today. We had 11 people who signed up cancel on us today. We left for the temple at 5:15. This year we are doing a deep clean with the Show Low Creek ward so we only clean 3x a year and it is so much easier! Brother Patterson is our stake co-ordinator along with his wife so he conducts the chapel session and gives out the cleaning assignments. He is very spiritual and always gives the sweetest messages. James and I got an easy assignment. We got to dust several rooms, including the celestial room. That was wonderful.
Even though we had 11 people cancel we had 18 people show up. I love the Vernon ward for this reason. They have never let us down when it comes to cleaning the temple. We had 3 Hunsaker's, 2 Peeler's, 2 Smith's, 1 Butler, 2 Wilhelm's, 2 Applegate's, 1Vaught, 2 Cranes, and 1 Gordon, plus ourselves. Go Vernon!
We were invited by the Cranes to go with a group to dinner at Ava's mexican food but James was stressed about getting home to work on his lesson so we went to Taco Bell instead. It was 10:30 by the time we went to bed.
It was 22 years ago today that Carly Elmer
drowned in our neighborhood pool.
Gone but not forgotten.
Rock climbing last summer
Where's Lola?
Last summer Max went with the Scouts
to San Diego.
Hunk alert
Now there is a real Hunk!
I remember Sheri bring these lemon creme almonds
to the resort last year. I had to go right out to
Sprouts and get my own!
