David Journal

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  • Choosing who to heed

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    I can’t recall if I had this thought yesterday or if it came this morning but I realized that Josh (Isaac) has determined not to accept any influence from me or anyone who is interested in his spiritual health. Due to agency it is his right to decide who he will heed and no matter…

  • Who are we to define what is fair or just?

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    Interesting that Alma is correcting Corianton on thinking that some part of the plan of salvation was unjust. I had thoughts in Sunday School about how we are unqualified as children to define what is fair because we don’t have full knowledge of all the factors. that’s why we have to rely on parents to…

  • More law enforcement “fun”

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    I’m tardy in recording this, just like Isaac’s hospital visit. This took place last week. On July 5th Ezra got mad at 9:30pm because I took the nerf gun he kept pointing at Noah. In response he escaped the house a few minutes later (just fast enough to get out of my sight) after declaring…

  • A timely temple lesson

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    Considering the events of last Saturday it’s no surprise that I didn’t record my experience from the temple that morning but as I was talking to Bill yesterday I realized that my insights in the temple that morning provided helpful context for me in processing Isaac’s drama that evening. As I was doing more processing…

  • The dam breaks

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    On Saturday night Isaac came in after 10 telling me he needed me to turn the WiFi on so he could “talk to some people.” When I didn’t turn it on based on that lack of information Isaac declared that I would find his body in the morning. Shortly after that he texted a complaint…

  • Changing his tune

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    I see the way Zeezrom changed and began to declare to the people that he was guilty when he realized how far they had been led astray by his former work in obscuring the truth. I think many today just feel the same way as they turn against Trump after acknowledging how damaging and unprincipled…

  • Stepping aside

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    One of the underrated lessons from King Benjamin is knowing when to step aside. He could have served as long until he died, like most monarchs seem to do, and the people would have supported that. (We saw that from Queen Elizabeth this last year.) Honestly that makes sense in situations where the monarch is…

  • A perfect “lesson”

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    I didn’t record this at the time but it deserves to be recorded and I am grateful for the experience. On Sunday I was assigned to lead the discussion in teacher council for the teachers and leaders of the priesthood, relief society, young men and young women organizations. We were discussing inviting diligent learning and…

  • An anchor in the storm

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    Brother Livingston asked what message each of us received from the keynote address from conference. As I pondered that I thought of the promise of rest in overcoming the world. I thought of the fact that we aren’t really protected from the buffetings of life but the image came to my mind of a ship…

  • A premonition

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    Conference was awesome this weekend. At the close of President Nelson’s talk when he said farewell until we meet again Laura and I both felt it was different than before—as if he had a sense that his mission was drawing to a close. I wanted to record that as a reference in case that turned…