121225, Friday

 

Daily Vitals: Wt. 231.7, GMI: 6.8, Steps (previous day): 8,119, BP: 141/78, Pulse: 71, Reported Sleep: 5:58

Journal Entry

Cathy is having a tough time now with her recovery. Lots of pain. I'm just trying to help her any way I can.

Come Follow Me 

Articles of Faith 11, We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.

Amidst the turmoil in 1842, Joseph published 13 fundamental tenets of the growing Church, including this one…His statement is inclusive, liberating, and respectful. That is the essence of religious freedom.

"The Prophet Joseph Smith also stated:“I am bold to declare before Heaven that I am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist, or a good man of any other denomination; for the same principle which would trample upon the rights of the … Saints would trample upon the rights of the Roman Catholics, or of any other denomination who may be unpopular and too weak to defend themselves. It is a love of liberty [that] inspires my soul—civil and religious liberty to the whole of the human race.”

Elder Ronald A. Rasband, Apostle 

121125, Thursday

 

Daily Vitals: 231.2, GMI: 6.9, Steps (previous day): 6,517, BP: 108/65, Pulse: 74, Reported Sleep: 6:09

Journal Entry

We enjoyed a very good day yesterday. Cathy's recovery is proceeding very well. We are blessed.

Come Follow Me 

Articles of Faith: 9, We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

"We declare to the world that the heavens are not closed. God continues to reveal His will to mankind, as He has in all periods of time when He has had authorized servants upon the earth. This fact should be familiar to all of our Father in Heaven’s children, for the scriptures give abundant evidence of this."

Elder L. Tom Perry, Apostle 

121025, Wednesday

  

Daily Vitals: 229.8, GMI: 6.9, Steps (previous day): 4,509 , BP: 108/65, Pulse: 74, Reported Sleep: 6:24

Journal Entry

Cathy is recovering in almost spectacular fashion. I hope it continues.

Come Follow Me 

Articles of Faith 4, We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.

"The doctrine of Christ—which consists of the saving principles and ordinances of faith in Christ, repentance, baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end—is taught numerous times in all the scriptures of the Restoration but with particular power in the Book of Mormon. The doctrine begins with faith in Christ, and every one of its elements depends upon trust in His atoning sacrifice."

Elder James R. Rasband of The Seventy

120925, Tuesday

 

Daily Vitals: 229.0, GMI: 6.9, Steps (previous day): 4,213 , BP: 108/65, Pulse: 74, Reported Sleep: 5:13

Journal Entry

Cathy’s surgery is this morning. We’re hoping for the best. I met her surgeon, Dr. Porter, this morning. He is pretty impressive. I’m currently waiting in the waiting room for him to brief me on how the surgery went.

Come Follow Me

3 We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

Article of Faith 3

“What has Jesus Christ done for me?”…As part of the Father’s plan, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ overcame death to assure each of us immortality. Jesus Christ’s atoning sacrifice gives each of us the opportunity to repent of our sins and return clean to our heavenly home. His commandments and covenants show us the way, and His priesthood gives the authority to perform the ordinances that are essential to reach that destiny. And our Savior willingly experienced all mortal pains and infirmities that He would know how to strengthen us in our afflictions.

President Dallin H. Oaks

120825, Monday

Daily Vitals: 229.0, GMI: 7.0, Steps (previous day): 2,071, BP: 116/72, Pulse: 69,  Reported Sleep: 5:49

Journal Entry

I assembled our two new storage shelves and they will be a big help in organizing our basement. Things are looking pretty good down there. Jake is supposed to come over this morning with his mother-in-law's pickup truck and we will make probably at least two trips to the dump.

Cathy has been a moving force in thus effort. She is going to have her surgery tomorrow and has really encouraged making the house organized  - a genuine home maker.

Come Follow Me 

1 We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

The Articles of Faith 1:1

"We join other Christians in this belief in a Father and a Son and a Holy Ghost, but what we believe about Them is different from the beliefs of others. We do not believe in what the Christian world calls the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. In his First Vision, Joseph Smith saw two distinct personages, two beings, thus clarifying that the then-prevailing beliefs concerning God and the Godhead were not true.

In contrast to the belief that God is an incomprehensible and unknowable mystery is the truth that the nature of God and our relationship to Him is knowable and is the key to everything else in our doctrine. The Bible records Jesus’s great Intercessory Prayer, where He declared that “this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."

President Dallin H. Oaks, Apostle 

120725, Sunday

  

Daily Vitals: 230.8, GMI: 7.0, Steps (previous day): 4,339, BP: 127/66, Pulse: 74, Reported Sleep: 6:50

Journal Entry

Got quite a bit done. Cathy was able to go with Jake, Erica and Jill to see the Nutcracker Ballet in downtown SLC. They had a very nice time. I enjoyed working on the basement some more and I think I located the make and model number of our ceiling fan with the burned out light. So I had a good day too. Our new storage shelves arrived and they were in very heavy boxes. When Jake brought Cathy home he was able to move the boxes downstairs for us and he helped me with the model number on the ceiling fan too. He is a very useful son! 

If convenient, I will assemble the shelves later today.

Come Follow Me 

Repentance in the Spirit World. Good will do all that He can to provide a way for all of His  children to come home.

"Of course, many Church members have beloved family members who do not embrace gospel values and expectations. Such members need our love and patience. In relating to one another, we should remember that the perfection we seek is not limited to the stressful circumstances of mortality. The great teaching in Doctrine and Covenants 138:57–59assures us that repentance and spiritual growth can continue in the spirit world that follows mortality. More important, as families unite to strengthen one another, we should all remember that the sins and inevitable shortcomings all of us experience in mortality can be forgiven through repentance because of the glorious and saving Atonement of Jesus Christ."

President Dallin H. Oaks, Apostle

D&C 138:58 The dead who repent will be redeemed, through obedience to the ordinances of the house of God,

59 And after they have paid the penalty of their transgressions, and are washed clean, shall receive a reward according to their works, for they are heirs of salvation.

"…[T]hose who are in the spirit world are fully dependent upon the ordinances that we receive on their behalf…We receive the ordinances in their behalf, but they make and are held accountable for each covenant associated with each ordinance. Surely, the veil is thin for us and parts completely for them in the temple."

Elder Kent F. Richard's of The Seventy

 

120625, Saturday

 

Daily Vitals: 230.6, GMI: 7.0, Steps (previous day): 5'506, BP: 115/70 Pulse: 73, Reported Sleep: 6:44

Journal Entry

I spent some time cleaning up in the basement. It's such a big open space that it's very easy to just let stuff/junk pile up. There are things that we just haven't used for years and some of them have value. We've made several trips to Deseret Industries with clothes and other things that could be useful to other folks. I'm also getting stuff ready to take to the dump. Jake is planning on coming over this Monday with his mother-in-laws pick up truck and I'm hoping to make one great big load to the dump.

I've also organized one of the unfinished rooms - several rooms have been framed but nothing more - to try to make a decent place for Kevin and Becky to stay when they come at Christmas. It should be OK. Here's hoping.

Come Follow Me 

D&C 138:57 I beheld that the faithful elders of this dispensation, when they depart from mortal life, continue their labors in the preaching of the gospel of repentance and redemption, through the sacrifice of the Only Begotten Son of God, among those who are in darkness and under the bondage of sin in the great world of the spirits of the dead.

"We can also assist in the Lord’s redemption of those beyond the grave...With the benefit of vicarious rites we offer them in the temples of God, even those who died in bondage to sin can be freed."

Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Apostle