060225, Monday

 Daily Vitals: Weight: unk  GMI: 6.7, Steps (previous day): 9,566

Journal Entry

I decided to look online and see if Costco was open yesterday - Sunday - here in the Phoenix area and lo and behold, it is.... They are. I also found that the tire departments are also open so we drove to the nearest Costco and, of course and as I suspected, they didn't have the right tire for our car. But! They ordered one and it's supposed to be here today, possibly by 1200 (noon). So, right now, I'm waiting for a call telling me to come and get it. If that happens we will head out today for home.

We got a few steps in yesterday afternoon before it started raining. And it rained and thundered most of the night but it's sunny now.

Come Follow Me 

D&C 58:3 Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the glory which shall follow after much tribulation.

4 For after much tribulation come the blessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand.

" A pattern in the scriptures and in life shows that many times the darkest, most dangerous tests immediately precede remarkable events and tremendous growth. “After much tribulation come the blessings.” The children of Israel were trapped against the Red Sea before it was parted. Nephi faced danger, anger from his brothers, and multiple failures before he was able to procure the brass plates. Joseph Smith was overcome by an evil power so strong that it seemed he was doomed to utter destruction. When he was almost ready to sink into despair, he exerted himself to call upon God, and at that very moment he was visited by the Father and the Son. Often investigators face opposition and tribulation as they near baptism. Mothers know that the challenges of labor precede the miracle of birth. Time after time we see marvelous blessings on the heels of great trials."

Elder Paul V. Johnson of The Seventy, April 2011

“Ours is not to judge; ours is a covenantal obligation to care for the poor and the needy, to prepare for their rejoicing when the Messiah shall come again. The Lord’s ‘own way’ includes, first, reliance on self, then on the family ... If one’s family can’t help, the Lord’s ‘own way’ includes the Church organization. The bishop is assisted by priesthood quorums and good sisters of the Relief Society, organized to look ‘to the wants of the poor, searching after objects of charity and … administering to their wants.’ Members of priesthood quorums and groups have a duty to rehabilitate, spiritually and temporally, their erring or unfortunate brethren. While a bishop extends aid to one temporarily out of work, the quorum arranges for his employment until fully self-supporting again. As individual members of the Church, you and I participate in the Lord’s ‘own way’. At least once a month, we fast and pray and contribute generous offerings to funds that enable bishops to disperse aid. This is part of the law of the gospel. Each of us truly can help the poor and the needy, now, and wherever they are. And we, too, will be blessed and protected from apostasy by so doing.”

Source

Russell M. Nelson, "In the Lord’s Own Way," April 1986 General Conference.