011625, Friday

 

Daily Vitals: Wt. 232.8

GMI: 7.0,   Steps (previous day): 8,094

BP: 106/65, Pulse: 75,  Reported Sleep: 7:15

Journal Entry

We took Tacos in to Diane and Bill Harvey yesterday. She is still recovering from her fall that left her with some pretty severe injuries. We enjoyed a nice visit with them because we also took tacos for us. 

Today, I vacuumed the whole house thoroughly and I might do some mopping/dusting as well. Or I'll do it tomorrow. Won't take long.

We heard today that Kevin is finally completely untangled from the house that he and Kim shared for years so that's a relief. I won't try to get into the details but they certainly qualify as the "weeds" of the situation. Kim had tried everything... legal and otherwise... to get more money for herself from the situation but that's finally over and behind him and he and Becky are relieved that that's overwith (we all hope).

Come Follow Me 

Moses 3: 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew. For I, the Lord God, created all things, of which I have spoken, spiritually⁠, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth. For I, the Lord God, had not caused it to rain upon the face of the earth. And I, the Lord God, had created all the children of men; and not yet a man to till the ground⁠; for in heaven created I them; and there was not yet flesh upon the earth, neither in the water, neither in the air;

"All of us who are born on this earth first lived with our Heavenly Father as His spirit children...

When He created you spiritually, He loved you as His spirit sons and daughters and embedded within each of you a divine nature and eternal destiny.

During your premortal life, you “developed [your] identity and increased [your] spiritual capabilities.” You were blessed with the gift of agency, the ability to make choices for yourself..."

Elder Steven R. Bangerter of The Seventy

011526, Thursday

 

Daily Vitals: Wt. 233.9

GMI: 7.0,   Steps (previous day): 2,499

BP: 118/70, Pulse: 78, Reported Sleep: 7:11

Journal Entry

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Genesis 1: 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful⁠, and multiply⁠, and replenish the earth⁠, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

"In the United States we are suffering from a deterioration in marriage and childbearing. For nearly a hundred years the proportion of households headed by married couples has declined, and so has the birthrate. The marriages and birthrates of our Church members are much more positive, but they have also declined significantly. It is vital that Latter-day Saints do not lose their understanding of the purpose of marriage and the value of children. That is the future for which we strive…

The national declines in marriage and childbearing are understandable for historic reasons, but Latter-day Saint values and practices should improve—not follow—those trends."

President Dallin H. Oaks, Apostle 

011426, Wednesday

 

Daily Vitals: Wt. 231.7

GMI: 7.0,   Steps (previous day): 3,493

BP: 120/73, Pulse: 76, Reported Sleep: 5:41

Journal Entry

One week from today I am going to get my right foot operated on. That's the big toe that has caused me pain and discomfort for the last 20 years or more and is the one that caused me to be hospitalized a few months ago with a very serious infection. Dr. Phillips believes he can surgically adjust the bone in my toe so that it will stop causing potential infections. I've listened to him as has Cathy and we are convinced he is right so we're moving forward. Hopefully the surgery won't be very serious and will not disrupt my life anymore than the situation already has. A week from today... Stay tuned.

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Abraham 5: 14 And the Gods said: Let us make an help meet for the man, for it is not good that the man should be alone, therefore we will form an help meet for him.

18 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

"Satan understands the power of men and women united in righteousness...Lucifer is determined to devour marriages and families because their demise threatens the salvation of all involved and the vitality of the Lord’s kingdom itself. Thus, Satan seeks to confuse us about our stewardships and distinctive natures as men and women. He bombards us with bizarre messages about gender, marriage, family, and all male-female relationships. He would have us believe men and women are so alike that our unique gifts are not necessary, or so different we can never hope to understand each other. Neither is true.

...Neither man nor woman is perfect or complete without the other. Thus, no marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely to reach its full potential until husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, men and women work together in unity of purpose, respecting and relying upon each other’s strengths."

Sister Sheri L. Dew, Second Counselor, Relief Society General Presidency 

011325, Tuesday

 

Daily Vitals: Wt. 235.2

GMI: 7.0,   Steps (previous day): 8,304

BP: 129/73, Pulse: 69, Reported Sleep: 4:23

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Genesis 1: 27 So God created man in his own image⁠, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

"We are eternal beings—spirit children of heavenly parents...In truth, not one of us can ever stop being a child of God!

As children of God, we should love Him with all our heart and soul, even more than we love our earthly parents."

Elder Russell M. Nelson, Apostle 

011225, Monday

Daily Vitals: Wt. 233.6

GMI: 6.9,   Steps (previous day): 2,559

BP: 129/77, Pulse: 65, "Reported Sleep: 6:27

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Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth⁠.

"If there is a design in this world in which we live, there must be a Designer. Who can behold the many wonders of the universe without believing that there is a design for all mankind? Who can doubt that there is a Designer?"

President Thomas S. Monson, Apostle 

011125, Sunday

Daily Vitals: Wt. 232.3

GMI: 6.9,   Steps (previous day): 3,911

BP: 114/63, Pulse: 66, Reported Sleep: 6:43

Journal Entry

We attended an 1140 Endowment session at the Payson temple yesterday and enjoyed it very much. Lunch in Springville afterward. We liked it so much that we'll go again next Saturday.

Come Follow Me 

Abraham 3: 25 And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them;

26 And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; and they who keep not their first estate shall not have glory in the same kingdom with those who keep their first estate; and they who keep their second estate shall have glory added upon their heads for ever and ever.

"We lived before our birth. Our individual identity is stamped in us forever. In ways we don’t fully understand, our spiritual growth there in the premortal world influences who we are here. We accepted God’s plan. We knew that we would experience difficulties, pain, and sorrow upon the earth. We also knew that the Savior would come and that as we proved ourselves worthy, we would rise in the Resurrection, having “glory added upon [our] heads for ever and ever.”

Elder Neil L. Andersen, Apostle 

011026, Saturday

 

Daily Vitals: Wt. 232.8

GMI: 6.9,   Steps (previous day): 7,916

BP: 122/76, Pulse: 74, Reported Sleep: 6:42

Journal Entry

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Abraham 3: 22 Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was; and among all these there were many of the noble and great ones;

23 And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me: Abraham, thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born.

"A further truth is clearly set forth in that scripture that many were chosen, as was Abraham, before they were born, as the Lord told Moses and also Jeremiah. This was made still more meaningful by the Latter-day prophet, Joseph Smith, who declared, “I believe that every person who is called to do an important work in the kingdom of God, was called to that work and foreordained to that work before the world was.”…

But now there is a warning: Despite that calling which is spoken of in the scriptures as “foreordination,” we have another inspired declaration: “Behold, there are many called, but few are chosen. …”  

This suggests that even though we have our free agency here, there are many who were foreordained before the world was, to a greater state than they have prepared themselves for here. Even though they might have been among the noble and great, from among whom the Father declared he would make his chosen leaders, they may fail of that calling here in mortality. Then the Lord poses this question: “… and why are they not chosen?”  

Two answers were given—First, “Because their hearts are set so much upon the things of this world. …” And second, they “… aspire to the honors of men."

President Harold  B. Lee, Apostle