122725, Saturday

Daily Vitals: Wt. 227.6

GMI: 6.8,  Steps (previous day): 6,586

BP: 121/74, Pulse: 75, Reported Sleep: 5:35

Journal Entry

We had a very good day yesterday. Breakfast at the Mirror Lake Diner then downtown SLC as depicted in the attached photo. 

Also we went into the magnificent Conference Center and Kevin and Becky got an up close look with the help of a sister missionary. 

I also wanted to test out the leg room of the standard seats and found it to be quite satisfactory. Amazing considering the facility has over 20,000 seats.

It has been a great pleasure having Kevin and Becky visit.

Come Follow Me 

Matthew 2: 11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

"And when we find him, will we be prepared as were the wise men of old to provide gifts from our many treasures? They presented gold, frankincense, and myrrh. These are not the gifts Jesus asks of us. From the treasure of our hearts Jesus asks that we give of ourselves.

"Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind."

In this marvelous Dispensation of the Fullness of Times, our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There are kind words to say. There are gifts to be given. There are deeds to be done. There are souls to be saved. "Go, gladden the lonely, the dreary; go, comfort the weeping, the weary; go, scatter kind deeds on your way, oh, make the world brighter today."

President Thomas S. Monson, Apostle 

"But even if we are not serving the Lord or our country in full-time service, our opportunities to serve are limitless. Kind words and deeds can lift burdens and cheer up hearts! Our Father in Heaven invites us all to give service. And when we do, “the King shall answer and say unto [us], Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”

Sister Christina B. Franco, Second Counselor, Primary General Presidency 

“The passage of time has not altered the capacity of the Redeemer to change men’s lives. As he said to the dead Lazarus, so he says to you and me: ‘… come forth.’ Come forth from the despair of doubt. Come forth from the sorrow of sin. Come forth from the death of disbelief. Come forth to a newness of life. Come forth. As we do, and direct our footsteps along the paths which Jesus walked, let us remember the testimony Jesus gave: ‘Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world. … I am the light and … life of the world. …’ ‘I am the first and the last; I am he who liveth, I am he who was slain; I am your advocate with the Father.’ To his testimony I add my witness: He lives.”

President Thomas S. Monson