Author: David
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How shall we ask?
When Peter and John requested different things from Christ the Savior explained to Peter that there was no reason to feel they had been treated unequally in receiving different promises because “ye both joy in that which ye have desired.” (Doctrine & Covenants 7:8) This tells me it is more important to figure out what…
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Base camp
I realize that this time in the valley of Lemuel is a starting point for Lehi and his family. They gather the records and the family of Ishmael and have an initial vision of what lies ahead which can guide them in the decisions that they will make going forward. This sets the foundation, culturally,…
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It had to be the emergency room
Mickey wasn’t feeling good at work today (headache, hard time balancing, confusion) and asked me to pick her up after half the workday. We decided to try Teledoc and they told her to go to urgent care. I took her to urgent care after work (when I heard about the recommendation) and they sent her…
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Good society
What happens to people who, because of some peculiarity of behavior, belief, or history like Joseph Smith, are rejected by those who should have been their friends and taken them under their wing? They tend to find the less refined members of society who are willing to accept their peculiarities.
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The priesthood revealed
I will reveal unto you the priesthood by the hand of Elijah, the prophet… Doctrine & Covenants 2:1 The record of this being fulfilled is in Doctrine and Covenants 110 where Christ accepts the dedicated Kirkland temple before Moses commits the keys of his dispensation to Joseph and Oliver—keys for the gathering of Israel—and Elias…
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A good stake conference
I think this might be the first stake conference since Emma was born that didn’t feel like some party of it was a battle. Laura and I went to both the adult session and the general session. None of the kids came to any of it but we also didn’t try to convince them to…
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Focused as a father
I notice that in Levi’s depiction of his vision of the tree of life he was fully focused on his family. Everything he talked about beyond his family was an explanation of context in which his family was operating.