Category: Journal
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He is risen!!
That phrase has been going through my mind all day. It is my anthem for Easter. For me, that is the central source of joy in the gospel.
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Agency and consecration
In the temple this morning I caught on to the significance of the words “for your sake” as Heavenly Father placed a curse on the earth so that it would bring forth thorns, thistles, briars, and noxious weeds after Adam and Eve choose to take the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and…
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Easter Joy
Last night Laura and I watched the first part of Season 5 of The Chosen. Asking the first scenes was the triumphal entry into Jerusalem and I really noticed the exuberance of both the apostles and the people as Jesus rode into the city. I thought that was the kind of joy that we should…
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A bold step forward
Tonight I talked with Brother Newcomb about what he had learned relative to building close friendships with other men. His experience was not what I had imagined based on the nuggets of information he had shared when teaching Elder’s Quorum but I still found some valuable information and now I’m determined to talk to the…
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A new calling finally
I can’t even remember exactly how many months it’s been since our Sunday School presidency was dissolved but I finally got a calling again—and it’s not in the Sunday School presidency (the only calling I’ve had in this ward after 6½ years)—Brother Boyer extended a calling to teach gospel doctrine today. Notes Leslie Perry said…
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Tough conversation
I woke up worried about money—specifically about financing the Honda Accord but more generally about our debt load. I finally sat down with Laura to tell her some hard truths but the major message was that I need more help from her. I was afraid that she would work under the truth but she took…
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We love what we know
Sister Preece made the comment that it’s hard to love people that we don’t know. She went on to point out that Christ paid the price to know each of us perfectly so He is able to love us perfectly. I would add that it’s usually hard not to love anyone that we really know.…
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You just never know
I had come to the expectation that Bex would want to get the Camry today after test driving it and I had decided that we could make a deal even with the things the inspection had identified. When we pulled into the car lot I noticed that they had a number of cars that were…
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I conquered the jug
Today I got my first colonoscopy. That meant waking up at 3:30 AM to finish the last of the 4-liter jug of medication that I had to take to prepare for the procedure. The medication was boring more than anything and the procedure was nothing more than a nap for me. I enjoyed relaxing for…