042824, Sunday, Journal Entry

Vitals: Weight 227.5, BP 114/77 (Standing 80/67)

Book of Mormon Reading: 2 Nephi 2

Journal Entry 

Cathy was feeling better and we worked together at the Bishops Storehouse. Then went for a neighborhood walk. The weather is cold and rainy again. It seems we are being teased with a day or two of nice weather interspersed with nearly winter-like weather.

Today I'm going to sing in the ward choir so I will need to go to choir rehearsal. Then it's Sacrament meeting and Elders Quorum meeting.

Also, today is Eric Bednar's birthday. Eric is a long time friend from Kentucky and recently was called as an Area Seventy.

His father is David A. Bednar of the Quorum of The Twelve Apostles.

I first met Eric when he was serving as the Crestwood Kentucky Stake Young Men President and I was on the High Council. We hit it off as friends. He was later called as Bishop of Crestwood 2nd Ward and I was called as a Branch President in the Shawnee Branch an inner-city area in Louisville. 

I was moved and impressed when at Christmas time he suggested that members of his ward who were relatively well off should consider offering Christmas gifts to members of our branch who were mostly hurting for resources. Many of our members were blessed to be helped by members from Crestwood.

After being released as Branch President and after ward boundaries were adjusted, we found ourselves being members of his ward and I was called to be the  Ward Executive Secretary. We served together in that Bishopric until he was called as Stake President. 

At some point, he started sending me birthday greetings on my birthday so I made a point of finding out his birthday. We have been exchanging brief birthday greetings ever since.

Come Follow Me 

Mosiah 1-3

When you hear the word king, you might think of crowns, servants, and thrones. In Mosiah 1–3, you will read about a different kind of king. Rather than living off the labors of his people, King Benjamin “labored with [his] own hands” (Mosiah 2:14). Instead of having others serve him, he served his people “with all the might, mind and strength which the Lord [had] granted unto [him]” (Mosiah 2:11). This king did not want his people to worship him; rather, he taught them to worship their Heavenly King, Jesus Christ. King Benjamin understood that it is “the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth” (Mosiah 3:5), who came “down from heaven” and went “forth amongst men, … that salvation might come unto the children of men even through faith on his name” (Mosiah 3:5, 9).

I just this morning discovered the updates to the "Library" app that help with Come Follow Me. I will be using these resources much more thoroughly mooching forward.