092124, Saturday

Vitals: Weight: 222.2, GMI: 6.8, Yesterday's Steps: 10,396

Journal Entry 

We took a rather long drive over the Nebo Loop to see how it is doing since all the wild fires there a few years ago. A lot of it was very scenic and beautiful. There were still a few areas... Three, I think, where burned trees dominated the landscape but all in all it was a beautiful drive. Jake and Fredrick wanted to have lunch with us at Del Taco. Actually Fredrick had the idea so we all went along with it. He is a very cute young man and fun to be with. Then Cathy and I took a loong walk up in Provo Canyon. 

Going to the temple this morning for our weekly endowment session. 0630 session. Then getting ready to have Jake and his family over tomorrow afternoon for a meal and birthday gifts.

Book of Mormon review (review of earlier Come Follow Me lessons): 

THIRD NEPHI

THE BOOK OF NEPHI

THE SON OF NEPHI, WHO WAS THE SON OF HELAMAN

And Helaman was the son of Helaman, who was the son of Alma, who was the son of Alma, being a descendant of Nephi who was the son of Lehi, who came out of Jerusalem in the first year of the reign of Zedekiah, the king of Judah.

3 Nephi 2:1 And it came to pass that thus passed away the ninety and fifth year also, and the people began to forget those signs and wonders which they had heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from heaven, insomuch that they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in their minds, and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen— 2 Imagining up some vain thing in their hearts, that it was wrought by men and by the power of the devil, to lead away and deceive the hearts of the people; and thus did Satan get possession of the hearts of the people again, insomuch that he did blind their eyes and lead them away to believe that the doctrine of Christ was a foolish and a vain thing.

Come Follow Me 

3 Nephi 6:13 Some were lifted up in pride, and others were exceedingly humble; some did return railing for railing, while others would receive railing and persecution and all manner of afflictions, and would not turn and revile again, but were humble and penitent before God.

"Pride adversely affects all our relationships—our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind. Our degree of pride determines how we treat our God and our brothers and sisters. Christ wants to lift us to where He is. Do we desire to do the same for others?

Pride fades our feelings of sonship to God and brotherhood to man. It separates and divides us by “ranks,” according to our “riches” and our “chances for learning.” Unity is impossible for a proud people, and unless we are one we are not the Lord’s."

     President Ezra Taft Benson, President of the Church, April 1989