Category: Journal
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Something is in the air
Thoughts in sacrament meeting Sometimes focusing on Jesus doesn’t mean looking directly toward Him but instead looking toward where He points us. I thought it was interesting when Brother Hartman suggested that sometimes we are “face blind” even to ourselves and invited us to seek to see ourselves the way Heavenly Father sees us. Elders…
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When a thing is wick
Laura and I saw Secret Garden tonight it struck me in ways it hadn’t before. I really appreciated how broken some of the characters were, like Mary, more than I had previously understood. I also loved the ideas in the song Wick. When a thing is wick, it has a way of knowingWhen it’s safe…
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The least bad outcome
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy with how everything played out with the Cruze even as I lament the $1000 price tag of towing and repairing it. The least bad outcome is that it passed the carbon test which indicates that Bex stopped the car before the overheating could cause any real damage. We may…
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Another financial hit
I went through the credit card to cover what Laura spent there over the last two weeks to get things back on track and what I found was that she had spent more than what she had left this past period (which isn’t even half over. On top of that I found that the tow…
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Thou shalt surely die
Adam and Eve were warned that if they ate the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil they would surely die. We instinctively interpret death as referring to physical death—the separation of our body and our spirit—but it also applies to spiritual death—the separation of us from our Heavenly Father. Lucifer contended…
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Winning Valentine’s Day
I’ve been struggling for ideas of what to do for Valentine’s Day this year. I try to always do something to celebrate the day but I also try to not do the same kind of thing from year to year. Today I asked Bex for ideas and Bex said they were putting on Secret Garden…
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In case we needed confirmation
We kept Ezra home from school Tuesday and Wednesday to ensure that he didn’t have to deal with the aggressive boys who kept wanting to fight him until we had talked with the school. WE let him go yesterday because we were talking to the school that morning and I felt good about where we…
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My new license plate
When I got a letter from the state with a temporary operating permit for my new car I assumed the plate would take a couple more weeks to arrive. Imagine my surprise to see a license plate sized envelope on my table I knew immediately it was my new plate. When I was getting ready…
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End on a high note
I made sure to come home from work a little bit early so I could help the Arnett’s pack up to move. I wanted to support Tom who has been my ministering companion for the last couple of years. That’s why I was contemplating ministering this morning. It will be interesting to see how quickly…
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Interesting thoughts over the last couple of days
I didn’t write in my journal last night but it was an interesting day. I talked to set an alarm for the temple on Friday night and then I got a lot of good sleep. I woke up at 6:17 (37 minutes after my alarm would have been set) after 7½ hours of solid sleep.…