082525, Monday

Daily Vitals: Weight: 226.8 (with cast), Book of Mormon Reading: 2 Nephi 16, GMI: 7.0, Steps (previous day) NA, Blood Pressure: 104/62, 82, Reported Sleep 6:31

Journal Entry 

Nothing to report. Still anxious to get the cast off my right leg. Some photos:

Thank heaven for football. It is somewhat entertaining for me. And the second photo is my infected big toe that apparently caused all of my problems. You can't really see much from this angle and that's probably good. But surgery, antibiotics and effective follow up are hopefully working.

Come Follow Me 

D&C 93:24 And truth is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come;

25 And whatsoever is more or less than this is the spirit of that wicked one who was a liar from the beginning.

"...[A] few parents state that they don’t want to impose the gospel on their children but want them to make up their own minds about what they will believe and follow. They think that...they are allowing children to exercise their agency. What they forget is that the intelligent use of agency requires knowledge of the truth, of things as they really are. Without that, young people can hardly be expected to understand and evaluate the alternatives that come before them. Parents should consider how the adversary approaches their children. He and his followers are not promoting objectivity but are vigorous, multimedia advocates of sin and selfishness.

Seeking to be neutral about the gospel is...to reject the existence of God and His authority. We must...acknowledge Him and His omniscience if we want our children to see life’s choices clearly and be able to think for themselves. They should not have to learn by sad experience that “wickedness never was happiness."

Elder D. Todd Chrisofferson, Apostle