2023 November 8, Wednesday, Journal Entry

The Bishops Storehouse was pretty busy yesterday. I guess some people are getting ready for Thanksgiving and the holiday season. I spent some time learning how to order the produce. That will be my responsibility when I take over the Tuesday afternoon shift. Cathy didn't come because she is still recovering from whatever hit her last Sunday. She seems a lot better though so she should be OK moving forward.

We have nothing on our calendar for today and tomorrow. I will try to catch up on little things that I've been thinking about and putting off. Ordinarily I would be in the temple this morning but it is closed for maintenance for three weeks. I'll try to schedule some ordinances in the Provo Temple or Saratoga Springs.

Come Follow Me

Hebrews 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

The Creation, The Fall of Adam, The Atonement of Christ

"Before we can comprehend the Atonement of Christ, however, we must first understand the Fall of Adam. And before we can understand the Fall of Adam, we must first understand the Creation. These three crucial components of the plan of salvation relate to each other.

In preparatory times of the Old Testament, the practice of atonement was finite—meaning it had an end. It was a symbolic forecast of the definitive Atonement of Jesus the Christ. His Atonement is infinite—without an end.  It was also infinite in that all humankind would be saved from never-ending death. It was infinite in terms of His immense suffering. It was infinite in time, putting an end to the preceding prototype of animal sacrifice. It was infinite in scope—it was to be done once for all.  And the mercy of the Atonement extends not only to an infinite number of people, but also to an infinite number of worlds created by Him.  It was infinite beyond any human scale of measurement or mortal comprehension."

Elder Russell M. Nelson, The Atonement, October 1996 (Please review this entire talk)

Book of Mormon reading 

The Book of Ether

The record of the Jaredites, taken from the twenty-four plates found by the people of Limhi in the days of King Mosiah.

Chapter 1, Moroni abridges the writings of Ether—Ether’s genealogy is set forth—The language of the Jaredites is not confounded at the Tower of Babel—The Lord promises to lead them to a choice land and make them a great nation.

Chapter 2, The Jaredites prepare for their journey to a promised land—It is a choice land whereon men must serve Christ or be swept off—The Lord talks to the brother of Jared for three hours—The Jaredites build barges—The Lord asks the brother of Jared to propose how the barges will be lighted.