Mon, July 26th, 2021: Indianapolis Indiana Temple #148: Index, James patio plans, Charlie, Addy's Adventure, Memories, Good Witch over, Walk

 

Indianapolis, Indiana

148th operating temple

Dedicated: 23 Aug 2015

By: Henry B. Eyring

Jesus Christ, Prophecies about

John 7:42

Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

Book of Mormon

Alma 40:1-14 

Q: What happens to our spirits after this mortal life?

A: Alma 40:11 says the spirits of all me are "taken home" but according to Joseph Fielding Smith; "These words of Almas as I understand them, do not intend to convey the thought that all spirits go back immediately into the presence of God for an assignment, to a place of peace or a place of punishment and before him receive their individual sentence. It simply means that their mortal existence has come to an end, and they have returned to the world of spirits, where they are assigned to a place according to their works with the just or with the unjust, there to await the resurrection. 'Back to God' is a phrase which finds an equivalent in many other well known conditions. For instance a man spends a stated time in some foreign mission field. When he's released and returns to the U. S. he may say, 'It is wonderful to be back home,' yet his home may be somewhere in Utah or Idaho or some other part of the west."

D&C

84:1-17

"Come Follow Me"

84 "The Power of Godliness"

AprGenCon

"Behold! I Am A God of Miracles"

Elder Ronald A. Rasband

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Miracles, signs, and wonders abound among followers of Jesus Christ today, in your lives and in mine. Miracles are divine acts, manifestations and expressions of God's limitless power, and an affirmation that He is "the same yesterday, today, and forever." Jesus Christ, who created the seas, can calm them; He who gave sight to the blind can lift our sights to heaven; He who cleansed the lepers can mend our infirmities; He who healed the impotent man can call for us to rise up with "Come, follow me."

Family Proclamation

All human beings - male and female - are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.

Inklings

I offer my love and my will to the Savior in return for all He has done for me. He has given me hope, purpose, and the chance to begin again.

-President Dallin H. Oaks

Up at 5:18. Sister Goodman shared this scripture as part of last week's "Come Follow Me" lesson. This is in regards to D&C 83 where it talks about the care of widows and orphans.

Exodus 22:22-24

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; 

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

I guess the Lord had to be rather harsh in regards to the children of Israel in the Old Testament. It's the only thing they understood at that time.

Laura called me regarding reading about James having cancer on my blog. She reached out offering her love and support. I told James that he needed to call his mother and tell her about it, which he did. 

I worked most of the day on my 1300 name indexing project so I could finish indexing for the month. I'm not quite done but should be able to finish tomorrow. We leave for the valley on Wednesday morning and I want to have it complete by then.

James went into town today to get some plans scanned and sent to his email. He also went to pick up a prescription at CVS but Dr. Moffat had not approved a refill yet. His trip wasn't entirely wasted because he brought me back a bean burrito from Aliberto's which I ate for lunch and dinner.

As is my habit I sat down on the couch after lunch for a rest and to watch some TV. The satellite still doesn't work and I tried to re-program it, but was unsuccessful, after jumping through all the hoops. There is a number to call but I don't want to take the time to call it right now. James said I should call Vickie but I don't want to bother her with this.

While indexing I listened to the following "Come Follow Me" studies: "Act in Doctrine", "Book of Mormon Central" who had Anthony Sweat as a guest, "Don't Miss This", and "Follow Him" with Barbara Morgan Gardener as a guest. Whew! I should know this lesson frontwards and backwards.

I read to James from "Promise of Spring" and listened to my book, "Knight of Redmond" while I was walking. We had no rain today which James was happy about. He wants it to dry out a little so he can work on putting water lines in for the backyard. 

I got a text from Summer today thanking us for the birthday card we sent her. Also Kim texted and asked if she and Brian could come up this weekend. I told her we would be gone but she was welcome to come. James was happy that someone would be here to feed Luna. 

Addy and Rowan went on AFY, "Adventures

for Youth" in Utah

Addy's group

Last episode ever, show was cancelled

More of Addy's group

Almost a year old

Joseph's face as he sees a vision

Beautiful green

Channy and her husband watching Lindsey Stirling

Sun, July 25th, 2021: Truijillo Peru Temple #147: Sacrament Mtg, RS, James's blessing, venison gravy, Rain, Blog, Index, "CFM" at Peeler's, Charlie, Molly

 

Trujillo, Peru

147th operating temple

Dedicated: 21 June 2015

By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Jesus Christ, Prophecies about

John 6:14

Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

Book of Mormon

Alma 39:1-19

Q: What does it mean to "cross" yourself in something?

A: Alma 39:7-8 refer to sins that are crimes. Sexual sins are serious in the eyes of the Lord, but can be forgiven...if we "repent and forsake" those sins, and go no more after the lusts of our eyes, and cross ourselves. In vs. 9 "cross yourself" is used twice..(a reminder of its importance). It can mean to turn your life around..switch directions and no longer give in to these sins. JS translation of Matthew 16:26 confirms this. It reads "And now for a man to take up his cross, is to deny himself of all ungodliness, and every worldly lust, and keep my Commandments." Cross yourself is to deny yourself, and to control "ALL" your passions. In other words, to use self-mastery. We can't hide our sins and except we repent, those sins will stand as a testimony against us. Alma was teaching his son that cross yourself means to erase, cancel, stop, and avoid moral transgressions.

D&C

Review 81-83

"Come Follow Me"

Review "Where Much is Given, Much is Required"

AprGenCon

"Defending Our Divinely Inspired Constitution"

President Dallin H. Oaks

Our belief in divine inspiration gives Latter-day Saints a unique responsibility to uphold and defend the United States Constitution and principles of constitutionalism wherever we live. We should trust in the Lord and be positive about this nation's future.

The Family A Proclamation To The World

#1

We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children.

Inklings

What Has Our Savior Done For Us?

Dallin H. Oaks

Luke 24

Up at 4:45 to take a shower. I spent the rest of the morning until time to go to church studying President Nelson's conference talk on increasing our faith. I studied so much I could give the lesson. I love this talk and I'm looking forward to discussing it with the sisters in Relief Society today. 

We left early enough to get our shady parking space under the big pine tree where we like to park. Chuck was ahead of us and parked right next to us. He likes the shade too. Kathy is in Texas with her daughter so Chuck is alone today.

The Grapp kids were all spread out on the bench where we usually sit by Catherine and Kerri so we sat in the back of the chapel behind the Skousen's. Sister Skousen is teaching our Relief Society lesson today and she says she is ready.

Sister Young and Sister Johnson were the speakers in Sacrament meeting. We are back to our normal schedule with the sacrament first. Also, the boys and men are not wearing masks. 

Sister Young spoke on covenants and Sister Johnson spoke about all of us being children of God. When she first got up she had each of us say: "I am a child of God." She used President Ballard's October 2019 General Conference address, "Giving Our Spirit Control Over Our Bodies." I am wondering if my spirit has control over my body. I definitely have some work to do in this area.

I conducted in Relief Society and I think I did a better job than I did last time. I had every sister introduce herself. We had only one new sister this week. Sister Skousen gave a great lesson on President Nelson's talk, "Christ is Risen: Faith in Him Will Move Mountains."

After the block, James, Brother DeWitt, and Chuck and I went in classroom 209 and Brother DeWitt gave James a priesthood blessing. Chuck did the anointing. Brother DeWitt gave a wonderful blessing. He blessed James that he would get the right treatment and that he would be made well. We all felt good afterwards.

For lunch James made venison gravy and I heated up some biscuits. Lunch was delicious and made us drowsy so we took naps. 

It rained hard this afternoon and we had rivers of water running everywhere.  This evening we were supposed to have "Come Follow Me" at the Goodman's house, but they have 8 leaks in their roof and are in no condition to have company. The Peeler's graciously offered to have the meeting at their house, which we did. We had 8 out of the 9 people who normally attend. Kathy is out of town with her daughter. The Goodman's conducted the meeting and served the refreshments, delicious lemon cake. We had an enjoyable evening with our dear friends, the Peeler's, Goodman's, and Brother Crane. I indexed and only have 309 names left to reach my goal of 3,000 for the month of July. I also blogged and watched an episode of "The Chosen." It was a good Sabbath day.

I finished my book by Sister Nelson, "The Heavens Are Open." This is my second time reading it. Each time it gets a little better.

I also read from "Grace Where You Are" by Emily Belle Freeman. Here is a quote from the chapter, "My Grace Can Be Found in Wilderness Places." " Christ promises you can find grace in your wilderness, grace to lead you, build you, keep you from stumbling and cause you to stand."

Molly