2023 November 26, Sunday, Journal Entry

Cathy and I get to speak in Sacrament meeting this morning. I'm truly praying that we will do well. I'm thinking of writing out my talk and making a separate journal entry. 

We worked at the Bishops Storehouse yesterday and it was pretty busy at a constant pace. The time went by quite quickly. I had at least two people who were there for the first time. I tried to assure them that they were doing a good thing by utilizing the Storehouse for their benefit. That was the impression I had and it seemed to be appreciated. 

Spent the remainder of the day working on my talk and helping Cathy with hers.

Come Follow Me 

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:5-8

"Disciples live so that the characteristics of Christ are woven into the fiber of their beings, as into a spiritual tapestry...

As you can see, weaving the spiritual tapestry of personal discipleship requires more than a single thread. In the Savior’s day, there were many who claimed to be righteous in one or another aspect of their lives. They practiced what I have called selective obedience...

The attributes of the Savior, as we perceive them, are not a script to be followed or list to be checked off. They are interwoven characteristics, added one to another, which develop in us in interactive ways. In other words, we cannot obtain one Christlike characteristic without also obtaining and influencing others. As one characteristic becomes strong, so do many more."

Elder Robert D. Hales, April 2017