061125, Wednesday

Daily Vitals: Weight: 224.8, GMI: 6.7,  Steps (previous day): 4,033

Journal Entry:

It was good to get back to the Bishops Storehouse. It's a great place to serve others and a reminder to me of how blessed I am. We haven't served for the past two weeks because of dealing with the various issues related to Blake's passing. That, too, was a time for thinking about eternal life and God's love for us.

Come Follow Me 

D&C 61:36 And now, verily I say unto you, and what I say unto one I say unto all, be of good cheer, little children; for I am in your midst, and I have not forsaken you;

"Jesus is the High Priest of Good Things to Come. Knowing that His Crucifixion was just hours away, Jesus said: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” Today, as our world is frequently polarized and divided, there is a great need for us to preach and practice positivity, optimism, and hope. Despite any challenges in our past, faith always points toward the future, filled with hope, allowing us to fulfill Jesus’s invitation to be of good cheer. Joyfully living the gospel helps us to become disciples of good things to come."

Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt of The Seventy, October 2022

You never know when your turn will come to comply with the admonition of Peter to “be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you” (1 Peter 3:15).