022424, Saturday, Journal Entry

We enjoyed A Sealing session at the temple last evening. Our Sealer, Brother Noble, was very pleasant and very organized. There were, I think, eleven of us in the session and it seemed to me that we all got to do our fair share of ordinances. Most of the men were from the same Wednesday morning ordinance worker shift as I. Plus our wives, of course. We went from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Today we have the Bishops Storehouse. Cathy may not go because her hand is still pretty bruised and painful as a result of her injury from last Tuesday.

Come Follow Me 

2 Nephi 10:23 Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.

"Our Heavenly Father’s goal in parenting is not to have His children do what is right; it is to have His children choose to do what is right and ultimately become like Him. If He simply wanted us to be obedient, He would use immediate rewards and punishments to influence our behaviors.

But God is not interested in His children just becoming trained and obedient “pets” who will not chew on His slippers in the celestial living room. No, God wants His children to grow up spiritually and join Him in the family business.

God established a plan whereby we can become heirs in His kingdom, a covenant path that leads us to become like Him, have the kind of life He has, and live forever as families in His presence. Personal choice was—and is—vital to this plan, which we learned about in our premortal existence. We accepted the plan and chose to come to earth."

Elder Dale G. Renlund Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, October 2018