111224, Tuesday

Daily Vitals: Weight: 224.6, GMI: 6.9, Steps (previous day) 7,837

Journal Entry

Cathy had lunch with her friend, Victoria, who lives up north of SLC. She came down to Lehi and met Cathy at Zoa's. They enjoyed a nice visit then Cathy and I walked at Rock Canyon Park again. The weather was beautiful. Then we stopped in to see Beth and Karen on our way home. A good day.

I spent some time trying to learn how to run our Ecobee thermostat and I'm pretty close to getting it. I'm going to meet with Craig on Thursday and get his advice on fine tuning. Our home being basically one story and relatively small doesn't need all the complications that are available from Ecobee. That's all well and good but I just want to make sure I'm taking advantage of the automation, etc. that is available.

This is Blake, who, like so many other cancer sufferers, has lost his hair due to treatment. His friends, like many before them, showed their love and support by shaving their heads. 

Come Follow Me 

Ether 2: 24 For behold, ye shall be as a whale in the midst of the sea; for the mountain waves shall dash upon you. Nevertheless, I will bring you up again out of the depths of the sea; for the winds have gone forth out of my mouth, and also the rains and the floods have I sent forth.

"The Lord’s guidance and instruction are essential. He helped the faithful brother of Jared by solving one of his two challenges when He told him how to get fresh air into the barges that had been faithfully built. But, pointedly, the Lord...made it clear that He...would allow the buffetings and trials...He it would be who would send forth the winds, the rains, and the floods.

Why would He do that? And why does He warn any of us to remove ourselves from a source of danger when He could simply stop the danger from happening?...

...here is the point—rather than solve the problem Himself, the Lord wants us to develop the faith that will help us rely upon Him in solving our problems and trust Him. Then we can feel His love more constantly, more powerfully, more clearly, and more personally. We become united with Him, and we can become like Him."

Elder Terence M. Vinson Of the Seventy, October 2013

Then there is this from Sister Eubank:

"Let me quote a little of what President Kimball said:

“Finally, my dear sisters, may I suggest to you something that has not been said before or at least in quite this way. Much of the major growth that is coming to the Church in the last days will come because many of the good women of the world … will be drawn to the Church in large numbers. This will happen to the degree that the women of the Church reflect righteousness and articulateness in their lives and to the degree that the women of the Church are seen as distinct and different—in happy ways—from the women of the world.

“Among the real heroines in the world who will come into the Church are women who are more concerned with being righteous than with being selfish. These real heroines have true humility, which places a higher value on integrity than on visibility. …

“… It will be … female exemplars of the Church [who] will be a significant force in both the numerical and the spiritual growth of the Church in the last days.”

What a prophetic statement that is."

Sharon Eubank, First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, October 2017