David Journal

Tag: gratitude

  • Savannah called to serve

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    Savannah was shocked this morning to get the notice that her mission calling was already made. We quickly arranged for a gathering at 7 tonight for her to open the call. She has been called to serve in the Brazil São Paulo South mission speaking Portuguese (naturally) and reporting to the Brazil MTC on June…

  • Coming together

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    Today I’m thankful for my Chromecast. With the latest update it now allows me to show family pictures on my TV when it’s not in use so rather than a large black eyeball we have a massive picture frame that tells us the time and weather she same time. I’m also thankful for technology that…

  • Gratitude

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    I tried looking at gratitude in the Topical Guide and it simply pointed to the entries for ingratitude and thanksgiving. Looking at thanksgiving definitely indicates that thanksgiving is treated as an attitude or lifestyle rather than simply as an act. The thing that for me thinking about the topic was our lesson in Elder’s Quorum…

  • Grateful in Any Circumstances

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    Could I suggest that gratitude is a way of life. We should learn to be grateful in our present circumstances whatever they may be rather than simply being grateful for our blessings. We sometimes think that being grateful is something we do after our problems are solved. Here President Uchtdorf is giving a talk on…

  • Thanks Be to God

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    Even as I have been busy with kids through this talk I recognize that there are some doctrinal gems here. Could an explosion in a printing shop produce a dictionary?