051724, Friday, Journal Entry

 Vitals: Weight 229.2

Book of Mormon Reading: 2 Nephi 21

Journal Entry:

Hopefully our car will come out of the body shop today. Cathy has been reluctant for me to drive since the accident. Truthfully I also had the same problem a few days later - driving up on the curb by pushing the accelerator rather than the brake - so there's not much I can say. But it's OK for now. She feels my problem is being too tired and she might have something there. I got a little more sleep last night but I still get a lot of pain after a few hours. Makes it hard to sleep. It's like to get at least 6 hours in every night but last night it was about 5 and a half and that was an improvement over the last couple of weeks.

Mostly it's nice having her drive but I'm going to have to be able to drive some - like to the temple - when the time comes.

My MRI didn't show much. It's possible that my problems could be related to my previous spinal surgery. I'm going to get another MRI this time of of my spine to rule that  out  - or in.

Come Follow Me 

Mosiah 15: 7 Yea, even so he shall be led, crucified, and slain, the flesh becoming subject even unto death, the will of the Son being swallowed up in the will of the Father.

"Do not ever doubt the goodness of God, even if you do not know “why.” The overarching question asked by the bereaved and the burdened is simply this: Why? Why did our daughter die, when we prayed so hard that she would live and when she received priesthood blessings? Why are we struggling with this misfortune, when others relate miraculous healing experiences for their loved ones? These are natural questions, understandable questions. But they are also questions that usually go begging in mortality. The Lord has said simply, “My ways [are] higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts”. As the Son’s will was “swallowed up in the will of the Father” so must ours be."

Elder Lance B. Wickman Of the Seventy, October 2002

Mosiah 15:1-4 1 And now Abinadi said unto them: 

I would that ye should understand that God himself shall come down among the children of men, and shall redeem his people.

 2 And because he dwelleth in flesh he shall be called the Son of God, and having subjected the flesh to the will of the Father, being the Father and the Son— 3 The Father, because he was conceived by the power of God; and the Son, because of the flesh; thus becoming the Father and Son— 4 And they are one God, yea, the very Eternal Father of heaven and of earth