2023 August 22, Journal Entry

 

Fredrick on his way to his first day in kindergarten.

Pretty quiet day... Monday. Went to Chick-fil-a for breakfast - kind of a Monday thing now - and then walked a little up in the canyon. It started raining so we took a little drive then went home. After the rain stopped we walked here in the 'hood and got my steps in.

I weighed in at 239 yesterday which is the first time in a long time that I was under 240. I was 239 again this morning. At 6'7", 239 is not a bad weight. I had a goal of reaching 238 so I'm basically there. I am just eating better and exercising. The way I've done this is to basically alter my life style so that I'm actually comfortable eating healthier and, I hope, will continue.

Come Follow Me 

1 Corinthians 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

"When I think of what the Savior did for us leading up to that first Easter Sunday, I want to lift up my voice and shout praises to the Most High God and His Son, Jesus Christ!

The gates of heaven are unlocked!

The windows of heaven are opened!

Today and forevermore God’s grace is available to all whose hearts are broken and whose spirits are contrite. Jesus Christ has cleared the way for us to ascend to heights incomprehensible to mortal minds.

I pray that we will see with new eyes and a new heart the eternal significance of the Savior’s atoning sacrifice. I pray that we will show our love for God and our gratitude for the gift of God’s infinite grace by keeping His commandments and joyfully “walk[ing] in [a] newness of life.”

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, April 2015, "The Gift of Grace"

The things that will bring us true happiness, serving and loving others, will result in blessings that can't even be imagined but which will be wonderful and celestial in nature.

Book of Mormon reading 

Mosiah Chapter 4 King Benjamin continues his address—Salvation comes because of the Atonement—Believe in God to be saved—Retain a remission of your sins through faithfulness—Impart of your substance to the poor—Do all things in wisdom and order. About 124 B.C.

6 I say unto you, if ye have come to a knowledge of the goodness of God, and his matchless power, and his wisdom, and his patience, and his long-suffering towards the children of men; and also, the atonement which has been prepared from the foundation of the world, that thereby salvation might come to him that should put his trust in the Lord, and should be diligent in keeping his commandments, and continue in the faith even unto the end of his life, I mean the life of the mortal body—7 I say, that this is the man who receiveth salvation, through the atonement which was prepared from the foundation of the world for all mankind, which ever were since the fall of Adam, or who are, or who ever shall be, even unto the end of the world.

22 And if ye judge the man who putteth up his petition to you for your substance that he perish not, and condemn him, how much more just will be your condemnation for withholding your substance, which doth not belong to you but to God, to whom also your life belongeth; and yet ye put up no petition, nor repent of the thing which thou hast done.

Chapter 5 The Saints become the sons and daughters of Christ through faith—They are then called by the name of Christ—King Benjamin exhorts them to be steadfast and immovable in good works. About 124 B.C.