090925, Tuesday

Daily Vitals: Weight: 228.1, GMI: 6.9, Steps (previous day): 9,639, Blood Pressure: 129/78, 71 Reported Sleep 5:04

Journal Entry 

After a pretty quiet day we drove out and got a couple of In-N-Out burgers.... Exciting! 

Then we drove by the new Lindon Temple. It's all lit up and looks wonderful but it's still not open and the opening has not been announced. Rumor is that there is some sort of construction glitch but who knows?

Come Follow Me 

Meekness is a defining attribute of the Redeemer and is distinguished by righteous responsiveness, willing submissiveness, and strong self-restraint.

Meekness is an attribute developed through desire, the righteous exercise of moral agency, and striving always to retain a remission of our sins. It also is a spiritual gift for which we appropriately can seek. We should remember, however, the purposes for which such a blessing is given, even to benefit and serve the children of God.

As we come unto and follow the Savior, we increasingly and incrementally are enabled to become more like Him. We are empowered by the Spirit with disciplined self-restraint and a settled and calm demeanor. Thus, meek is what we become as disciples of the Master and not just something we do.

Elder David A. Bednar, Apostle, April 2018

D&C 100:5 Therefore, verily I say unto you, lift up your voices unto this people; speak the thoughts that I shall put into your hearts, and you shall not be confounded before men;

6 For it shall be given you in the very hour, yea, in the very moment, what ye shall say.

7 But a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall declare whatsoever thing ye declare in my name, in solemnity of heart, in the spirit of meekness, in all things.

8 And I give unto you this promise, that inasmuch as ye do this the Holy Ghost shall be shed forth in bearing record unto all things whatsoever ye shall say.

"...[S]haring the gospel is our responsibility.

...[I]f we are not engaged, many who would hear the message of the Restoration will be passed by...[I]t’s a matter of faith and action on our part...[P]ray, personally and in your family, for missionary opportunities...

You don’t have to be an outgoing person or an eloquent, persuasive teacher. If you have an abiding love and hope within you, the Lord has promised if you “lift up your voices unto this people [and] speak the thoughts that [He] shall put into your hearts…you shall not be confounded before men;

“[And] it shall be given you…in the very moment, what ye shall say."

Elder M. Russell Ballard, Apostle