063024, Sunday, Journal Entry

Vitals: weight 225.3, GMI 6.7%

Book of Mormon Review Reading: The Record of Zeniff—An account of his people, from the time they left the land of Zarahemla until the time that they were delivered out of the hands of the Lamanites. Comprising Mosiah chapters 9 through 22.

 Mosiah 20

Journal Entry 

I'm still experiencing pain which keeps me at bay during the day and also keeps me from sleeping well at night. I woke this morning early in pain and went again into our TV room to rest in my wonderful recliner chair. Yesterday we drove out to the Kinlands in Riverton. It's a very nice farm store run by people who have real nice taste and style. Cathy loves shopping there and I even like to wander around and browse in there. 

Come Follow Me 

Alma 16:16 And there was no inequality among them; the Lord did pour out his Spirit on all the face of the land to prepare the minds of the children of men, or to prepare their hearts to receive the word which should be taught among them at the time of his coming—

17 That they might not be hardened against the word, that they might not be unbelieving, and go on to destruction, but that they might receive the word with joy, and as a branch be grafted into the true vine, that they might enter into the rest of the Lord their God.

"The condition of our hearts directly affects our sensitivity to spiritual things. Let us make it a part of our everyday striving to open our hearts to the Spirit. Since we are the guardians of our hearts, we can choose to do so. We choose what we let in or hold out. Fortunately the Lord is anxious to help us choose wisely."

Elder Gerald N. Lund Of the Seventy, April 2008

Think of all the reasons people might give for not sharing the gospel: “I don’t know enough” or “I’m not sure they would be interested” or maybe “I’m afraid I’ll be rejected.” Maybe you’ve found yourself thinking similar things at times. The Nephites had an additional reason for not sharing the gospel with the Lamanites: they were described as “a wild and a hardened and a ferocious people; a people who delighted in murdering the Nephites” (Alma 17:14; see also Alma 26:23–25). But the sons of Mosiah had an even stronger reason why they felt they must share the gospel with the Lamanites: “They were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish” (Mosiah 28:3). This love that inspired Ammon and his brothers can also inspire you to share the gospel with your family, friends, and acquaintances—even those who may not seem likely to accept it.

Alma 17-22, Come Follow Me, July 1-7