022826, Saturday

Daily Vitals: 

Weight: 229.0

BP and Pulse: 126/72, 83

Current Glucose Level: 129 @ 0440

Reported Sleep: 7:36

Yesterday's Steps: 3,356

Journal Entry

Come Follow Me 

Genesis 22: 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

"This story also shows the goodness of God in protecting Isaac and in providing a substitute so he would not have to die. Because of our sins and our mortality, we, like Isaac, are condemned to death. When all other hope is gone, our Father in Heaven provides the Lamb of God, and we are saved by his sacrifice."

Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Apostle 

My feeling regarding the situation of Abraham and Isaac is that Abraham was tested so that Abraham would know his level of loyalty to God. We now know that even if Isaac had been sacrificed, he would continue to live on the other side of the Veil. Heavenly Father knew that Jesus would continue to live but someone - in this case His Only Begotten Son - needed to suffer unimaginable pain of every kind in order to satisfy justice for all of our sins and wrong doings. Jesus Christ volunteered to do that for us on condition of our complete repentance. To this day, I don't think most of us fully comprehend the depth of the price He paid in order to satisfy justice for each of us.