071824, Thursday

Vitals: Weight 218.4; GMI 7.2; Pain 0

Journal Entry 

Cathy's TeleHealth visit with Dr. Kimball yesterday got changed to a personal appointment this morning because he was so behind in his schedule. So we are first today at 0745 and should be able to see him without problem.

I'm going to get my stake temple recommend interview this evening so I'll be ready to go when I resume my duties on 7/31.

Book of Mormon review (review of earlier Come Follow Me assignments): Alma 8

Come Follow Me 

Alma 30:46 And now it came to pass that Alma said unto him: Behold, I am grieved because of the hardness of your heart, yea, that ye will still resist the spirit of the truth, that thy soul may be destroyed.

"Each of us needs to nourish our seeds of faith so that they continue to take root…Yet at the same time, the ground seems to be hardening, and many are less receptive to things of the Spirit. The miracles of modern technology have brought efficiency into our lives in ways not dreamed of a generation ago, yet with this new technology has come a deluge of new challenges to our morals and our values. Some tend to rely more on technology than on theology…

We also need to prepare our own seedbed of faith. To do this we need to plow the soil through daily humble prayer, asking for strength and forgiveness… There is no better place for the spiritual seeds of our faith to be nurtured than within the hallowed sanctuaries of our temples and in our homes."

President James E. Faust, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, October 1999