031826, Wednesday
Vitals:
Weight: 228.8
BP and Pulse: 132/71, 71
Reported Sleep: 6:17
Yesterday's Steps: 4,242
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34M30 was my radio call sign when I served as a motorcycle sergeant at LAPD's West Traffic Division... the best job I ever had.
Vitals:
Weight: 228.8
BP and Pulse: 132/71, 71
Reported Sleep: 6:17
Yesterday's Steps: 4,242
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Vitals:
Weight: 228.8
BP and Pulse: 135/82, 80
Reported Sleep: 3:24
Yesterday's Steps: 4,709
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Vitals:
Weight: 230.1
BP and Pulse: 127/81, 80
Reported Sleep: 4:49
Yesterday's Steps: 3,006
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Genesis 44: 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
"Judah and his brothers needed to take their youngest brother, Benjamin, to Egypt. Initially their father resisted. But Judah made a promise to Jacob—he would bring Benjamin home.
In Egypt, Judah’s promise was put to the test. Young Benjamin was wrongly accused of a crime. Judah, true to his promise, offered to be jailed in Benjamin’s place. “For,” he said, “how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me?” Judah was determined to keep his promise and return Benjamin safely. Do you ever feel about others the way Judah felt toward Benjamin?
Isn’t this how parents feel about their children? How missionaries feel about people they serve? How Primary and youth leaders feel about those they teach and love?
No matter who you are or your current circumstances, someone feels exactly this way about you. Someone wants to return to Heavenly Father with you."
Elder Michael T. Ringwood of The Seventy
Vitals:
Weight: 231.2
BP and Pulse: 133/75, 74
Reported Sleep: 6:29
Yesterday's Steps: 5,815
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Genesis 41: 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
"Joseph, the son of Jacob and Rachel, was sold into slavery in Egypt. Because of treachery in the house of Potiphar, Joseph went to prison. Pharaoh had two troubling dreams. Hearing of Joseph’s discernment from the chief butler, he sent for him to interpret the dreams. Joseph told him through inspiration that seven years of plenty would be followed by seven years of famine. Pharaoh not only recognized this true interpretation but he trusted Joseph and appointed him to be second only to Pharaoh in power. The years passed and the famine came. In time Joseph rescued all of his brothers and his father from starvation. Because he earned the implicit trust of those who were over him, Joseph enjoyed a great amount of freedom. Like Joseph, you too can be trusted by others, but trust must be earned."
President James E. Faust, Apostle
Vitals:
Weight: 230.1
BP and Pulse: 128/83, 78
Reported Sleep: 7:11
Yesterday's Steps: 6,520
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Genesis 41: 54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
"When considering the principle of preparedness, we can look back to Joseph in Egypt for inspiration. Knowing what would happen would not have been sufficient to carry them through the “lean” years without a degree of sacrifice during the years of abundance. Rather than consume all that Pharaoh’s subjects could produce, limits were established and followed, providing sufficient for their immediate, as well as their future, needs. It was not enough to know that challenging times would come. They had to act, and because of their effort, “there was bread.”
…Being temporally prepared and self-reliant means “believing that through the grace, or enabling power, of Jesus Christ and our own effort, we are able to obtain all the spiritual and temporal necessities of life we require for ourselves and our families.”
Bishop W. Christopher Waddell, First Counselor, Presiding Bishopric
Vitals:
Weight: 229.7
BP and Pulse: 126/80, 71
Reported Sleep: 5:24
Yesterday's Steps: 3,732
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Genesis 41: 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
"Joseph was able to interpret the Pharaoh’s dream. The Pharaoh, being so impressed, made Joseph one of his servants. Again the Lord was with Joseph. Soon Joseph rose to a position of being second to the Pharaoh in all the land of Egypt. There was something special that distinguished Joseph from all the other servants. Pharaoh remarked what made Joseph different from all of the others when he said, “Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?”
You will notice in each situation in which Joseph found himself that the Lord was with him. It was easy to recognize the special spirit in him because of the way he lived and heeded the voice of the Lord to direct him."
Elder L. Tom Perry, Apostle
Vitals:
Weight: 229.7
BP and Pulse: 116/69, 74
Reported Sleep: 7:17
Yesterday's Steps: 2,443
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