060824, Saturday, Journal Entry

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Book of Mormon Review Reading: The Book of Jarom

Journal Entry: 

I think we have found a good car repair place to behind using instead of the Toyota dealership. It's called "Honest - 1" which at first seems a little corny but actually is looking to be a correct name and a very good car repair location. It's run by a man named Bob Sylvester and I found after visiting with him for a short time that he sends very honest, knowledgeable and hard working. I also found that he is a returned missionary and active in the church. All good things. His place of business is clean and neat and everything I saw indicates a top notch car repair location. He did our 100,000 mile service on our Prius and pointed out that we need new rear shock absorbers and new tires. We scheduled the shock absorbers for next Friday with him and we're going to Costco today to see about new tires.

The Prius has been a great car and we believe it will, with this investment in repairs and tires, will last another 100,000 miles and more.

Our Elders Quorum lesson tomorrow will be based on a general conference address given this last April by Elder Gerrit W. Gong Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles where he points out that "In time and eternity, the purpose of Creation and the nature of God Himself are to bring all things together for our good."

I listened to it this morning again and found it to be very enlightening. It's the kind of talk that should be reviewed and considered repeatedly and I shall try to do that.

Come Follow Me 

Alma 4: 10 And thus ended the eighth year of the reign of the judges; and the wickedness of the church was a great stumbling-block to those who did not belong to the church; and thus the church began to fail in its progress.

"Those who are compliant with the Lord’s plan of life…will endure. In significant ways their lives will manifest the fruits of the gospel and set them apart as a beacon to all who are seeking for light and truth.

When we fail to measure up to this trust, we betray the covenants we have made. Not only do we then fail to gain the full benefits of the gospel for ourselves, but we become a stumbling block for others."

Elder Dean L. Larsen Of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy