2023 August 10

Journal Entry

I served my regular Wednesday morning shift in the temple. I am so glad I have that opportunity. Then Cathy and I walked in Provo Canyon so I got my steps in.

My Omada app had stopped recording my steps so I deleted it and reinstalled it. It works now.

My jaw still hurts a little from my implant surgery but it's getting better each day. My elbow with bursitis is still swollen but getting gradually better.

Come Follow Me

Romans 1-3

It's interesting that we, mortal humans, seem to automatically lean towards doing evil. We fight. We are nasty to each other. We steal. Become Womanizers, etc. The Gospel and teachings of our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ lead to joy and happiness yet, as a people, we seem to have a hard time getting on that track and staying on that track.

It's all about learning and perfecting and Good gave us A Savior to teach and lead us. He gave us repentance and he gives us prophets and scriptures. We can learn to do what's right.

What a blessing.

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Romans 3:23-25

"The Savior wrought the Atonement, which provides a way for us to become clean. Jesus Christ is the resurrected Christ. We worship and recognize Him for the pain He suffered for us collectively and for the pain He endured for each of us individually, both in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross. He bore all with great humility and with an eternal understanding of His divine role and purpose."

President Boyd K. Packer, President of The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

The Reason for Our Hope, October 2014

Book of Mormon reading

2nd Nephi Chapter 28

Many false churches will be built up in the last days—They will teach false, vain, and foolish doctrines—Apostasy will abound because of false teachers—The devil will rage in the hearts of men—He will teach all manner of false doctrines. About 559–545 B.C.

30 For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.

Chapter 29

Many Gentiles will reject the Book of Mormon—They will say, We need no more Bible—The Lord speaks to many nations—He will judge the world out of the books which will be written. About 559–545 B.C.

13 And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the Jews.

14 And it shall come to pass that my people, which are of the house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one. And I will show unto them that fight against my word and against my people, who are of the house of Israel, that I am God, and that I covenanted with Abraham that I would remember his seed forever.