Wed 8/5/20 PS Ben; Luna; James home; ChocChipCookies; Trust in the Lord; The Title of Liberty

 

Draper, Utah

129th operating temple

Dedicated: 20-22 Mar 2009

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Light of the World

3 Nephi 11:11

And behold, I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Alma 46 - Place reminders of Covenants everywhere!

Alma 47 - Don't come down . . . not even a little bit!

April General Conference

"Spiritually Defining Moments"

Elder Neil L. Andersen

How Do You Hear Him?

We hear Him in our prayers, in our homes, in the scriptures, in our hymns, as we worthily partake of the sacrament, as we declare our faith, as we serve others, and as we attend the temple with fellow believers. Spiritually defining moments come as we prayerfully listen to general conference and as we better keep the commandments.

Inklings

Pray, Listen, Write, Follow Through, Repeat

As soon as Luna saw me this morning she whinnied and began pawing the ground with her left foot. She loves feedin' time.

This is the protection scripture I sent to Ben/Elder Trezise this morning via Facebook Messenger:

 

Isaiah 43:1

But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob (Ben), and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

I started my new "Hear Him" personal revelation book this week. There is something to do every day. Monday was Learn, Tuesday - Apply, and Wednesday - Act. Am I hearing Him everyday?

Kim's topic for this week is "Trust in the Lord." I listened to all of the talks and especially loved the one by Sister Steele, a BYU Speech: "Choose to Trust the Lord." Wow! I need to go back and study this one a little deeper.

I enjoyed reading about Moroni's Title of Liberty in Alma 46. In verse 12 it says: In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children - and he fastened it upon the end of a pole.

What a great way to teach Christian values to your children!

I spent over an hour today looking for my family history notes, notebook. I keep a running log whenever I work on family history or indexing. The reason I needed it was to find Jean Howard's username and password on Family Search. I receive her notices and if we want to look them up, I have to have her username and password. I finally gave up looking for my notebook and called one of the family history consultants in the ward who has helped Jean in the past and got the information from her. How do things just disappear around here? As James would say, it must be the Gremlin. Sometimes I wonder if he's the Gremlin.

James was home by 5 p.m. He did not bring burros from Burger House so I made chocolate chip cookies instead. I missed chocolate chip cookie day yesterday or I guess you could say I'm just celebrating a day late. 

Stacy passed her esthetics exam! Yay! Now what is next?

One of my friends, Karin Ford, who I knew in Chandler, she was a Relief Society President when I was the stake Relief Society President is writing her life story on Facebook. I just started reading it and it is fascinating. She was born in Czechoslovakia in  1944 to a German mother and a Danish father during all of the horrors of WWII. She lived in Denmark before coming to America. In 1982 she lost her first husband and two small children under the age of 8 in a small airplane crash. In 2016 she lost a son and a grandson in a tragic small airplane crash on the 4th of July. Her faith in God during the tragedy's is what has helped her to survive. That and her husband Robin. Robin was my priesthood advisor for awhile when I was in the stake Relief Society presidency. Karin and Robin now live in St. George, Utah.

I finished my audio book, "Spirit" by David Butler and began a World War II book called, "The Enemy Between Us."

I am so grateful that James made it home safely. I did miss him.

Elk Crossing

Lola

Inklings

Paul's sister Nicole

 

 

Tue 8/4/20 James leaves; Study & Blog; Charlie & Jesus; Luna; Primary elections

Twin Falls, Idaho

128th operating temple

Dedicated: 24 Aug 2008

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Light of the World

3 Nephi 9:18

I am the light and the life of the world. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Alma 44-45; "Don't Miss This"; Book of Mormon Central; Teaching with Power

April 2020 General Conference

"An Especially Noble Calling"

Joy D. Jones

Child: "Is it hard to be a prophet? Are you, like, really busy?"

President Nelson: " Of course it's hard. Everything to do with becoming more like the Savior is difficult.

The Lord loves effort, because effort brings rewards that can't come without it."

Sister Jones: "President Nelson's response to these precious children extends to each one of us. The Lord loves effort, and effort brings rewards. We keep practicing. We are always progressing as long as we are striving to follow the Lord."

James left for the valley early this morning after family prayer and making himself and me some tea. I will miss him. He called to tell me when he arrived safely. He will be working on Mario's houses and will probably go out to Peoria to check on the job there. He will spend the night at Sheri's. On the way down he got stopped about 40 minutes near Superior because of construction.

I listened to Kris and Kathy this morning on the book webinar training. Kathy answered my question about how to turn off the In-Stock Head Start program to keep my books from going into stranded. Thanks Kathy!

 As I was listening to Dave and Emily in "Don't Miss This" they issued this challenge: What is your cause? What is your cause until the end of 2020? What is your cause this month? What is your cause today? The challenge: What is my cause?

Also while listening to Dave and Emily I realized that the Book of Mormon in Alma 46:15 has a great definition of what a Christian is:

  A Christian:

1.) True believers of Christ

2.) Faithful to Christ

3.) Took upon them gladly, the name of Christ.

Who can dispute that definition of a Christian? And, it comes directly from the Book of Mormon.

I caught up on my blog today. The computer actually behaved quite well today. I also did a lot of gospel study. Kim sent out our study topic for the Lambson study group this week. It is, "Trust in the Lord." She also sent four talks for us to read and study. This is a great topic!

Although I fed Luna her three meals today I felt sorry for her because James was not here to ride her. So far I have not been brave enough to even attempt a ride. Maybe when James gets back.

No rain today, just sunshine and temperatures in the 80's.