051026, Sunday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 231.9

     BP and Pulse: 117/81, 74

     GMI: 7.2

     Reported Sleep: 6:29

     Yesterday's Steps: 5,008

Journal Entry:

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 

050826, Friday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 228.3

     BP and Pulse: 

     GMI: 7.2

     Reported Sleep: 6:09

     Yesterday's Steps: 11,518

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me:

Numbers 13: 30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

"Upon their return, the 10 reported all the negative things they saw, but Caleb and Joshua saw past those and spoke of the positive. Unfortunately, like today, the people chose to believe the doubters, and so only Caleb and Joshua were preserved to enter the promised land. President Hinckley added:

“We see some around us who are indifferent concerning the future of this work, who are apathetic, who speak of limitations, who express fears. …They have no vision concerning its future.

“Well was it said of old, ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish.’"

Sister Bonnie D. Parkin, Second Counselor, Young Women General Presidency 

050726, Thursday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 229.4

     BP and Pulse: 121/76, 80

     GMI: 7.2

     Reported Sleep: 6:57

     Yesterday's Steps: 2,545

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me:

050626, Wednesday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 230.8

     BP and Pulse: 116/76, 79

     GMI: 7.2

     Reported Sleep: 5:29

     Yesterday's Steps: 8,526

Journal Entry:

I truly enjoyed serving in the Bishops Storehouse yesterday. I felt the Spirit very strongly with patron that I was blessed to serve. 

Come Follow Me:

Numbers 12: 3 Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.

"As the Lord communicates with the meek and submissive, fewer decibels are required, and more nuances are received. Even the most meek, like Moses, learn overwhelming things they “never had supposed.” But it is only the meek mind which can be so shown and so stretched—not those, as Isaiah wrote, who “are wise in their own eyes.” … Yielding one’s heart to God signals the last stage in our spiritual development. Only then are we beginning to be fully useful to God! How can we sincerely pray to be an instrument in His hands if the instrument seeks to do the instructing?"

Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Apostle 

"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 Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

050526, Tuesday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 229.9

     BP and Pulse: 117/74, 79

     GMI: 7.3

     Reported Sleep: 6:55

     Yesterday's Steps: 3,599

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me:

Moroni 7: 48 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen.

"The Redeemer of the world turned outward in love and service when He faced spiritual adversity or physical pain—in contrast to the natural man in each of us that turns inward in self-interest, self-centeredness, and selfishness. As we live as He invites us to live and with His help, our nature and character over time increasingly become more like His.

As we follow, love, and serve the Savior, we gradually focus less on our own desires and interests and more on understanding and addressing the needs of others. We do not merely perform benevolent deeds; rather, our state of being is changed and becomes increasingly Christlike. Charity, then, ultimately possesses us."

050426, Monday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 230.6

     BP and Pulse: 113/74, 74

     GMI: 7.3

     Reported Sleep: 6:07

     Yesterday's Steps: 7,648

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me:

Numbers 11: 20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

"...[M]urmurers have short memories...Strange, isn’t it...how those with the shortest memories have the longest lists of demands! However, with no remembrance of past blessings, there is no perspective about what is really going on.

...Those of deep faith do not murmur. They are generously disposed, and they are reluctant to murmur, even while in deep difficulties...

Murmuring can also be noisy enough that it drowns out the various spiritual signals to us, signals which tell us in some cases to quit soaking ourselves indulgently in the hot tubs of self-pity! Murmuring over the weight of our crosses not only takes energy otherwise needed to carry them but might cause another to put down his cross altogether. Besides, brothers and sisters, if we were not carrying so much else, our crosses would be much lighter."

Elder Neal A Maxwell, Apostle