111924, Tuesday

Daily Vitals: Weight: ???, GMI: 7.0 Steps (previous day) 5,581

Journal Entry

We were scheduled to fly back to Provo this afternoon but Cathy came out of surgery yesterday feeling pain that she probably should have anticipated. So she was adament about delaying our return to Provo by a day. So that has all been arranged at some significant expense. I think her pain has decreased now to a point where we probably could have maintained our scheduled departure but that's history now. I have to admit that the weather here is much nicer and will be in the 70s again today. So that's nice. And our room is large and comfortable.

I'm not sure what we're going to do today but she's resting comfortably and that's a good thing. Yesterday was spent getting the surgery and post-op stuff completed.

Personally, I had a good night's sleep and actually I think Cathy did as well and that's a good thing.

Come Follow Me 

Ether 6:9 And they did sing praises unto the Lord; yea, the brother of Jared did sing praises unto the Lord, and he did thank and praise the Lord all the day long; and when the night came, they did not cease to praise the Lord.

10 And thus they were driven forth; and no monster of the sea could break them, neither whale that could mar them; and they did have light continually, whether it was above the water or under the water.

11 And thus they were driven forth, three hundred and forty and four days upon the water.

"They felt joy and thanksgiving even in the midst of their afflictions. They had not yet arrived in the promised land, yet they were rejoicing in the promised blessing because of their consistent and resilient trust in Him.

The Jaredites were driven forth upon the water 344 days. Can you imagine that? Trusting in the Lord includes trusting in His timing and requires patience and endurance that outlast the storms of life."

Elder L. Todd Budge Of the Seventy, October 2019

"The children of God have always been commanded to give thanks. There are examples throughout the Old and New Testaments. The Apostle Paul wrote, “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thes. 5:18). The prophet Alma taught, “When thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God” (Alma 37:37). And in modern revelation the Lord declared that “he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious; and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred fold” (D&C 78:19)."

Elder Dallin H. Oaks Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, April 2003