032024, Wednesday, Journal Entry

Vitals: Wt. 225.5

Journal Entry 

Eating right and exercise got may weight back down to 225.5. I was beginning to worry that by being off Mounjaro, my weight would go up but just remembering to eat right and at the right time seems to work just fine. Stay tuned.

I enjoyed serving in the Bishops Storehouse again yesterday afternoon. The people I serve are my brothers and sisters and my fellow missionaries are angels. It's so satisfying to help with that work.

Cathy is getting better every day now. Our prayers are being answered and she is healing. She walks carefully around the house without her walker now.

The weather has been very good lately. Clear and sunny with highs in the 60s. I almost don't want it to get any warmer but OK, that will be nice as well. Tomorrow is the first day of spring on the calendar and I really won't mind if winter is gone.

Going to the temple now so I'll continue this later.

Come Follow Me 

2 Nephi 31:16 And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved.

17 Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.

"As an eight-year-old, I had mistakenly presumed that the water of baptism washed away sins. Not so. In the years since my baptism, I have learned that sins are cleansed by the power of Jesus Christ through His atoning sacrifice as we make and keep the baptismal covenant. Then, through the gift of repentance, we can remain clean. I have also learned that the sacrament brings a powerful virtuous cycle into our lives, enabling us to retain a remission of our sins."

Elder Dale G. Renlund Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostle, October 2023