Quetzeltenango, Guatemala
136th operating temple
Dedicated: 11 Dec 2011
By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Jesus Christ, Prophecies about
D&C 36:8
I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God; wherefore, gird up your loins and I will suddenly come to my temple.
Book of Mormon
Alma 32:21-43 How do we plant "spiritual" seeds? A: It is laid out in verse 27, "if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words." That's how it starts with seeking to know truth, experimenting on the word, and choosing to cast out your doubts so that your heart can "give portion" to the word and let it swell within you, You must nourish the seed continually or it will whither away and profit you nothing.
D&C
RIC: Newell K. Whitney and the United Firm
"Come Follow Me"
"You Can Gather Israel"
Ahmad S. Corbitt
First Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency
How can you awaken your giant faith in Christ and use it to gather Israel now and triumph over Satan again? By relearning to look forward and see with that same certainty the Lord's promise to gather and save today. He mainly uses the Book of Mormon and His prophets to teach us how. Long before Christ, the Nephite "prophets, and ... priests, and ... teaches ... persuaded the people to look forward unto the Messiah, and believe in him to come as though he already was." The prophet Abinadi taught, "And now if Christ had not come into the world, speaking of things to come as though they had already come, there could have been no redemption." Like Alma, Abinadi "looked forward with an eye of faith" and saw God's sure promise of salvation as already fulfilled. The "overcame Satan by the blood of the Lamb, and the word of their testimony" long before Christ was born, just as you did. And the Lord gave them power to invite and gather Israel. He will do the same for you as you look forward in faith, see Israel gathered - globally and in your own "circles" - and invite all!
The Living Christ
#1
As we commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ two millennia ago, we offer our testimony of the reality of HIs matchless life and the infinite virtue of His great atoning sacrifice. None other has had so profound an influence upon all who have lived and will yet live upon the earth.
Inklings
"Following the principles and commandments of the gospel of Jesus Christ day by day is the happiest and most satisfying course in life.
-Elder D. T. Christofferson
What a sweet day this was. A cinnamon roll and two sugar cookies.
James said it started raining at 2 a.m. and it was still raining when I got up at 5. I wonder if we got rain all of the time if we would be as excited about rain every time we get it. When it stopped raining it was so beautiful outside and there were puddles on the ground!
During my cleaning time which is 10-12, I worked on my blog and made out my grocery list as I am going shopping this afternoon.
Around 3 p.m. James and I went to town. I talked him into going with me by saying that he needed to pick out the watermelon. We parked in the aisle at Walmart that has a big puddle from the rain so we had to walk through this puddle before going into the store. Inside, there were no baskets so we had to walk across the inside front of the store to the other entrance to get a basket. The greeter at that end of the store said: "Thank you for shopping at Walmart, have a nice day." I wonder what he thought when we got our basket and came right back into the store.
Leland's birthday is tomorrow. He will be 3. He likes beep, beep tractors. Walmart didn't have any so I got him a Tonka dump truck instead. James went to pick out his card. It took him awhile because he said they didn't have any good ones for 3 year olds.
I was shocked at the total cost of what we bought. We spent over $300! We did buy walnuts, pecans, and pistachio's which cost over $30 and I had several personal care items that were pretty pricey. James bought himself a watch and then of course there was Leland's gift. Groceries are so expensive!
We stopped at Panda and got Panda bowls. I got steak and broccoli with noodles and James got steak and shrimp with noodles. After James brought in the groceries and I put the perishables away we sat at the dining room table together and ate our Panda bowls. I could tell James was enjoying his dinner by the look on his face. It was sweet.
As I put the groceries away I realized that I had bought laundry detergent, toilet paper, and paper towel all as part of our years supply. Nuts are expensive. I spent over $30 on nuts. I bought several costly personal items that were pricey. I felt a little better about spending so much once I evaluated my receipt.
This evening I turned the Suns-Bucks game on but didn't actually sit down and watch it. This is the bottom line. The Suns lost even though Booker made over 40 points. He needs some help! Paul is inconsistent and so is Crowder. Let's try Bridges and Payne.
Sister Dowdle, a friend from Chandler, invited us to her son Jacob's temple endowment on July 30th. James really wants to go. Jacob has overcome serious dyslexia, two serious broken legs, and kidney failure to go on a service mission. This has all been over the past four years. We are very proud of his desire and dedication to serve a mission. Here is the problem. I am going down on the 28th for my infusion. On the 29th we have to be back up here to feed the missionaries. I would change this, but I have already changed my day three times and I told James he would have to do it, but I can tell he isn't going to. We would have to leave early morning on the 30th to make it to a 10:00 endowment session. James is going to go. We will see how I feel before I commit.
This evening I walked, indexed, and blogged this evening. James and I started a new book, "Beyond the White River". I ordered cushions for our outside furniture. It was a busy day.
Some good reading especially from MindBody where I read about the heart having a brain and The Making of America where Benjamin Franklin wanted the meetings about the constitution to start with prayer but all of the clergy they asked wanted money and they had none. I could not believe that!
Cute Scarlett
Nature Preserve near Flagstaff
