David Journal

Tag: notes

  • Timely Responses

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    I think Max Driggs is right that the Lord doesn’t answer in His due time – He answers as we petition but we don’t always recognize the answer quickly or we may be unaware of the preparatory work that precedes the answer that we eventually will recognize.

  • New Stake Presidency

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    President Barlow called to preside over the Quito Ecuador mission (leaving in July). Stake Presidency reorganized. Doug Monson is the new second counselor. President Jackson Jesus commanded His disciples to spiritually separated from the world (to avoid being corrupted by the world) while remaining in the world to be a light, a leaven, and salt…

  • Nephite Genocide

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    Goodtidingsofgood.org – this sounds very inspirational. In introducing Mormon 1-6 Sister Julie Nelson spoke about human responses to genocide. It struck me that the destruction of the Nephites was exactly that – genocide. I’d never thought of it from that perspective before. That absolutely explains the motivations of the Lamanites. No matter how few survivors…

  • Gathering the Lost

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    I was thinking of Issac when I had this epiphany. Perhaps we should gather to us those who are lost rather than sending them away as punishment for their misdeeds. Thinking of them as a sheep or a coin makes it easier to accept their foibles and take it upon ourselves to gather them in.…

  • He asks us to be His hands

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    I failed to note who told this story but it struck me as a fantastic example of reaching out in a simple but powerful and timely way. I went to hike the Lair O The Bear with the kids. With a half mile to go, we passed a dad hiking with his two kids ages…

  • Regional Conference

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    Bishop Waddel He shares a story about a multi-generation family accepting the gospel because of a Book of Mormon that was given to one brother who never even touched it after accepting it and setting it on a shelf. I don’t know who he was quoting “the Book of Mormon is the instrument of conversion…

  • Stake Conference – General Session

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    Tiffany Smith in stake relief society presidency (2nd C) President Barlow How do we ensure that we never waver in our testimony once we have received it? One way that we dwindle is that we allow questions to become doubts and cease seeking for understanding. Sister Joni Walker Understand your adversary; focus on the finish…

  • Stake Conference – Adult Session

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    President Walker Draw Closer to the Lord by Serving Others – pray each day for guidance on who to serve; have the strength to follow the guidance we receive; express gratitude to all who serve us. The more we act on inspiration to help others the more the Lord will entrust us with more inspiration.…

  • “Do the best you can with whatever comes to you.”

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    I once again had the privilege of having President Eyring speak in Elders Quorum. I missed a good chunk of what he said because I was helping to set Alyssa apart as the Beehive class secretary. I missed whatever question someone had asked him but I was impacted by the stories he told and his…

  • Changes to make

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    We need to have an FHE based on Alma 5:14 about the need for each person to have a personal change of heart – even if we were born and raised with the gospel. The Young’s in a family council determined that they would have to be home for an hour and spend 30 minutes…