070925, Wednesday

Daily Vitals: Weight: 229.2, GMI: 6.6, Steps (previous day): 3,621

Journal Entry:

I enjoyed serving at the Bishops Storehouse again yesterday afternoon. It's such a great opportunity to serve others and with others and I learn a lot about appreciating and loving others of various backgrounds.

Jake posted a nice picture and comments yesterday as a text message that I'd like to share if I can figure out how:

"Here's a photo I posted tonight on Instagram and Facebook, and what I wrote in the caption: 

Some of many the things I appreciate about family are the love, patience, kindness and understanding everyone shows each other. My son, Alexander, doesn't talk yet. He's tackling life at his own pace, and that's ok. At a family gathering tonight, I sat back and watched as Alexander's aunts, uncles, and cousins greeted him, talked to him, and made clear efforts to include him in the fun going on around us. In this photo, Alexander is being paddled around by his cousin, Thor, who's as solid as they come. Thor talked to him throughout their paddling adventure and sat side-by-side with him at various points in their journey around the lake. When family comes together, goodness is abound—which is how it should be."

Jake's a great dad and does good work with his four kids. Alexander was born with rather severe Autism but they are working with him on that. He is definitely a sweet 7 year old at this point.

Come Follow Me 

D&C 76:24 That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God.

"The Apostle Paul told the Athenians on Mars’ Hill that “we are the offspring of God.” Since we know that our physical bodies are the offspring of our mortal parents, we must probe for the meaning of Paul’s statement. The Lord has declared that “the spirit and the body are the soul of man.” Thus it is the spirit which is the offspring of God. The writer of Hebrews refers to Him as “the Father of spirits.” The spirits of all men are literally His “begotten sons and daughters."

President Thomas S. Monson