050926, Saturday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 229.9

     BP and Pulse: 125/77, 69

     GMI: 7.2

     Reported Sleep: 6:27

     Yesterday's Steps: 11,179

Journal Entry:

Yesterday was my first official assignment as a Temple worker in the Lindon Temple. I enjoyed it very much and feel that I'm going to continue to enjoy it. My assignment is from 0500-0700 on Friday mornings. That shouldn't be too difficult for me but my problem is that I'm worried about being on time. This causes me to not sleep well because I want to know what time it is and am I going to be on time. I think I'll get used to it maybe set an alarm or something but it's not a big deal. Even if I'm tired I usually don't have anything else important scheduled the rest of the day so I can just be tired and deal with it. Anyway, I like the assignment and the temple leadership seems to be top notch in every way.

Come Follow Me:

Numbers 22: 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.

"Trying to please others before pleasing God is inverting the first and second great commandments. It is forgetting which way we face. And yet, we have all made that mistake because of the fear of men. In Isaiah the Lord warns us, “Fear ye not the reproach of men”. In Lehi’s dream, this fear was triggered by the finger of scorn pointed from the great and spacious building, causing many to forget which way they faced and to leave the tree “ashamed”. … When people try to save face with men, they can unwittingly lose face with God. Thinking one can please God and at the same time condone the disobedience of men isn’t neutrality but duplicity, or being two-faced or trying to “serve two masters”. … When others demand approval in defiance of God’s commandments, may we always remember whose disciples we are, and which way we face[.]"

Elder Lynn G. Robbins of The Presidency of The Seventy