Category: Journal
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Broken Quorums
A priesthood quorum where some members don’t care about the rest of the quorum is a broken quorum. Even members who are not active with the quorum should care about the other quorum members if for no other reason than that they feel cared for by those quorum members. The quorum is not functioning if…
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Jesus the Very Thought of Thee
“to those who fall how kind thou art” Jesus the very thought of thee (verse 3) How sad it is if those who have not become familiar with Christ in their heart cannot believe that He is kind to those who fall because of the actions of those of us who profess that we are…
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Led by a wicked leader
I have long comprehended (in theory) how a basically righteous people can be led to wickedness by a wicked leader but ASI read the account of Noah altering the affairs of the kingdom after his father made him king I saw the parallels with what had been happening in the GOP—rapidly accelerated when Trump became…
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Quotes to focus on Love
When people complain about things (especially youth) John Davidson responds with “I love it, give it to me.” It’s a habit he learned from his dad. I think maybe I can use that when my kids complain about church things. That might eventually have more effect than saying “I didn’t say you had to like…
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Because of the Resurrection
Hailey Dalton She is ebullient when speaking about the miracles on her mission. How appropriate for Easter. Expect miracles. Her mission president’s wife taught her that before President Nelson said it in this most recent conference. The story of the young woman who moved out of her parents house when she turned 18 in order…
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Thing 8
Pondering on “the things of my soul” I have struggled to identify my the things but I feel I have identified one today (and a potential second is lurking in the back of my mind). Love God the Father and Jesus Christ, our Savior Love your neighbor Love yourself Keep the commandments Always be worthy…
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Flags popping up
Ezra borrowed Laura’s phone to entertain himself for a few minutes during sacrament meeting. What he did to entertain himself was to draw a rendition of our new family flag from memory—obviously we have something he connects with. Later Emma also drew a nice rendition. After church Isaac also created a rendition of the family…
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Discussing Emotional Resilience
Brother Brinton: I get the sense of a very dedicated, experienced, and humble disciple of Christ in Brother Brinton. He felt like a Patriarch—lo and behold, he is. “You are doing better at following the path of discipleship than you realize and you can do better at following the path than you are.” We can…
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Nuggets of insight
While sitting in Sunday School i had the following impression regarding teaching although I am still trying to figure out how to share and apply it: if we are trying to lead the discussion (as in, we have decided where the comments should be headed generally) we will be less open to following where the…
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Discernment and Submission
Isabela Montavlan: (speaking about discerning between spiritual promptings and our own thoughts) “I would suggest that you ask yourself whether the thought would bring about good. If it will it comes from God.” Jennifer Baird: submission to the Lord’s will brings about an added blessing of increased capacity for joy. (I’m paraphrasing where she was…