Category: Journal
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Almost back on track
I got a bunch of good work done today and while I didn’t get my target number of steps for the day (14,000) but I did still get 12K. As We Go Forward Together This is the address that President Nelson gave at the press conference after he was set apart as the president of…
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All the little extras
Today was filled with lots of little extra things. I had to go in to the high school with Alex to try to deal with his broken Chromebook. After that I went to America’s Best to see about getting my glasses repaired after Enoch’s stunt yesterday. Thankfully they are under warranty so they will replace…
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Sad day
In some ways this day was basically inevitable—a matter of when it would happen and who would be involved more than a question of if it would happen. Tonight I walked into Enoch’s room to call him and Emma for scriptures and found Emma in her underwear jumping off of Enoch. Apparently he bribed her…
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Walk with Laura
At the end of a good Mother’s Day where I managed to cook a full dinner for the family paired with a cake that Bex made Laura invited me to go for a walk. I think she asked because of all the walking I have been doing in the last few weeks. Whatever the case…
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A change of pace
I spent a good chunk of today in Sanpete County looking into possible camp sites. Because of the time I spent there I decided not to attempt 19,000 steps today. In the evening I did decide to at least get 5000 steps. As I went out I saw Ben Hoopes and decided to stop and…
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Part time roofer
Several weeks ago I noticed some shingles on the roof of Mom’s shed had been lifted up by the wind. I had climbed in the roof and laid them flat again even though I knew that wouldn’t be a permanent fix. Today Mom sent me a picture showing that they had been blown up again.…
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Birthday visit
Savannah and Aaron came down to visit today for Savannah’s birthday. I had to take off from work a bit early to gather all the kids after school so that we could go play laser tag for 2 hours. Afterward we went to Pizza Pie Cafe to celebrate and then we ended up at the…
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Exploring joy
The above list of bullet points were a quick outline this morning of an analogy comparing testimony or the light of Christ within us to fire. I had planned to flesh it out tonight but it’s late enough that I don’t want to do that right now. I have been thinking throughout the day about…
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Finding equilibrium
It has now been six weeks of increased effort in scripture study, for weeks of increased effort in prayer, and two weeks of increasing effort in physical activity. It’s clear that I will need to find an equilibrium to maintain all of these things and equally clear that I don’t yet have that but I’m…
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Zero in on joy
I’m trying to find ways to help Laura stay focused on finding sources for her joy but tonight I am also thinking that I need to focus on learning to increase my joy in Christ. In both cases, we need to be looking for joy.