042326, Thursday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 230.3

     BP and Pulse: 118/72, 81

     GMI: 7.3

     Reported Sleep: 6:44

     Yesterday's Steps: 6,661

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me 

Exodus 31: 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

"Perhaps most important, the Sabbath was given as a perpetual covenant, a constant reminder that the Lord may sanctify His people...Repeatedly, He has asked us to keep the Sabbath or to hallow the Sabbath day. We are under covenant to do so.

How do we hallow the Sabbath day? In my much younger years, I studied the work of others who had compiled lists of things to do and things not to do on the Sabbath. It wasn’t until later that I learned from the scriptures that my conduct and my attitude on the Sabbath constituted a sign between me and my Heavenly Father. With that understanding, I no longer needed lists of dos and don’ts. When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, “What sign do I want to give to God?” That made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear."

Elder Russell M. Nelson, Apostle