Birmingham, Alabama"
98th operating temple
Dedicated: 3 Sept 2000
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus Christ, Redeemer
Hebrews 7:27
Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
Book of Mormon
Mormon 3:1-22
D&C
Review 133-134
"Come Follow Me"
Review "Prepare Ye for the Coming of the Bridegroom"
OctGenCon
"Daily Restoration"
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
We gather this beautiful Sabbath morning to speak of Christ, rejoice in His gospel, and support and sustain one another as we walk in "the way" of our Savior.
Inklings
"Remember Thy Suffering Saints, O Our God"
Anthony D. Perkins
John 9
Prepared for Sunday School, Brother Applegate's class by looking up the verses he outlined in D&C 124. There were 26 of them. He wants to know what these verses have in common and why they are important to us. Here are the verses: 8, 16, 17, 24, 44, 45, 46, 47, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74, 83, 86, 87, 89, 90, 100, 103, 104, 108, 110, 115, 122, 141.
I typed each verse out and then compared them. I thought maybe the word he was looking for was Obedience. The Lord specified certain things for each person to do and then said what the reward would be if they followed His directions. When I raised my hand in class to talk give my answer and said I thought the word was obedience Brother Applegate said I was definitely on the right trail but the word he was looking for was ... if. I should have known but I was over-thinking what he was looking for. Just as a side note I looked up the ten people the Savior was speaking to and seven out of ten did not remain faithful or obedient.
After Sunday School Brother Applegate thanked me for being prepared and my friend Maxine was standing close by and said, "isn't she amazing." It is nice to have such good and loyal friends.
The speakers today in sacrament meeting were from the stake. Brother Skousen from the high council and Sister Watson from the Young Women's. Sister Watson's message was on stronger homes and living inside our temple covenants.
Brother Skousen used President Oaks's talk, "The Need for a Church." He expressed his love for the Vernon ward and the importance of being at church. He spoke about the importance of keeping the Sabbath day holy, renewing our covenants, and fellowshipping with others and having our hearts knit together in unity and love. We are better people by attending church. Multiple blessings are available, one being that we can become more Christlike. We take upon us his name. As often as we repent we will be forgiven.
We had tithing settlement after the block today. James wanted to be here so he dressed up and came. The bishop challenged us, as he did Sister Bartels when she went to tithing settlement, to read President Nelson's talk from the women's session of the October 2020 General Conference, "Embrace the Future with Faith." Not only are we supposed to read this talk but we are to make lists of things that we will do as a result of reading it. The bishop asked us how temporally prepared we are for the future. I told him we were prepared but not on his level or the DeWitt's.
James and I watched a Christmas movie together and did some indexing. This evening we drove over to Sister Bartels to take the two copies of President Nelson's talk to her. Earlier today she had told me a story about our mutual friend Barbara Goodman who just happened to be her neighbor. A tree got run over which caused it to bend and Barbara came to the rescue. She wrapped the tree in burlap, braced it up, and watered it every day along with some other trees in the area. This was a side of Barbara I didn't know about. Not only did she care for and nurture people, but she cared for and nurtured trees too.
I told Sister Bartels she was going to have to take over the watering of the trees. She said she would but she needed to find out where the other trees were. That shouldn't be too difficult with all of the neighbors in the area. Pierce is home, well at least at his daughter Aubrey's home. Aubrey and her husband and two kids live next door to Sister Bartels. Barbara's funeral is scheduled to be on December 4th and will be here in Vernon. She will be buried in Show Low.
Kathy Crane and I sat by Donna Peeler today during sacrament meeting. There was a couple of empty spaces next to Donna where Barbara always sat. Donna texted me this evening and thanked me for sitting by her. She said it was nice to be surrounded by great people. I told her that's why we wanted to sit by her. Donna is 79 and is quite frail but she has the best personality and sense of humor.
Tanna agreed to come to dinner with the missionaries at our house on November 30th.
James finally heard from Mark on the DaCroix job. James sent him a bill for $12,000 and he subtracted some things and said he would pay $10,000. James says he is a scoundrel. James will be getting up early in the morning to address all of the things Mark said were wrong on the job. They were minimal and nitpicky.
