092324, Monday

Vitals: Weight: 223.5, GMI: 6.8, Yesterday's Steps: 4,145

Journal Entry 

I went to Jackson Merrrill's Sacrament meeting yesterday. He gave a good talk. He's a very bright young man and going to Santiago, Chile for his mission. 

Then I came home and Cathy and I worked together to put on a nice dinner for Jake and his famiky. We had a very pleasant visit and birthday gifts were exchanged for Erica, Cathy, Meredith, Alexander, Fredrick and, even though it wasn't her birthday, Jill got a cute set of earrings. Almost like Christmas. Only Jake and I were left out but we didn't seem to mind. It was a nice day.

Today will, I hope, be a lot more restful.

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

3 Nephi Chapter 4

The Nephite armies defeat the Gadianton robbers—Giddianhi is slain, and his successor, Zemnarihah, is hanged—The Nephites praise the Lord for their victories. About A.D. 19–22.

Come Follow Me 

3 Nephi 9:19 And ye shall offer up unto me no more the shedding of blood; yea, your sacrifices and your burnt offerings shall be done away, for I will accept none of your sacrifices and your burnt offerings.

20 And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit. And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost, even as the Lamanites, because of their faith in me at the time of their conversion, were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and they knew it not.

21 Behold, I have come unto the world to bring redemption unto the world, to save the world from sin.

"The incomprehensible suffering of Jesus Christ ended sacrifice by the shedding of blood, but it did not end the importance of sacrifice in the gospel plan. Our Savior requires us to continue to offer sacrifices, but the sacrifices He now commands are that we “offer for a sacrifice unto [Him] a broken heart and a contrite spirit.” He also commands each of us to love and serve one another—in effect, to offer a small imitation of His own sacrifice by making sacrifices of our own time and selfish priorities. In an inspired hymn, we sing, “Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven.”

     Elder Dallin H. Oaks Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, April 2012