8/01/2023

 Journal Entry, August 1st, 2023

We took our four mile Provo Canyon walk (yesterday) then a long scenic drive up past Heber. Beautiful country in the mountains east of Heber.

Left elbow is still painful and swollen but improving. I see the doctor in three days on Thursday.

I was released at my request from serving in the temple on Saturday afternoons. So now I'm on Wednesday mornings only plus whatever substituting I choose to do. So my calendar is a little clearer.

Come Follow Me

Acts 26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

"When we know spiritual truths by spiritual means, we can be just as sure of that knowledge as scholars and scientists are of the different kinds of knowledge they have acquired by different methods.

The Prophet Joseph Smith provided a wonderful example of this. When he was persecuted for telling people about his vision, he likened his circumstance to the Apostle Paul, who was ridiculed and reviled as he made his defense before King Agrippa. “But all this did not destroy the reality of his vision,” Joseph said. “He had seen a vision, he knew he had, and all the persecution under heaven could not make it otherwise. … So it was with me,” Joseph continued. “I had actually seen a light, and in the midst of that light I saw two Personages, and they did in reality speak to me. … I had seen a vision; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it, neither dared I."

Elder Dallin H. Oaks, April 2008

Book of Mormon reading

2 Nephi Chapter 16

Isaiah sees the Lord—Isaiah’s sins are forgiven—He is called to prophesy—He prophesies of the rejection by the Jews of Christ’s teachings—A remnant will return—Compare Isaiah 6. About 559–545 B.C.

Chapter 17

Ephraim and Syria wage war against Judah—Christ will be born of a virgin—Compare Isaiah 7. About 559–545 B.C.