David Journal

Tag: notes

  • Doubts and gathering

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    Elder Cook counsels those who have concerns, great or small, that they should seek to come closer to God and live gospel principles as they have been taught and counsel with their leaders as appropriate. An important part of that process is not wallowing in the doubts and spreading them like fertilizer. Such actions lead…

  • Not safe

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    I’m sure I surprise Laura when she’s feeling good (and usually frisky) and I am disconnected/uninterested. It’s probably equally surprising when I respond positively to the invitation to drive in to work with her. She never knows what to expect from me, not because I’m totally unpredictable but because she is completely clueless about how…

  • Main session of Stake Conference

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    Brother Steve ????: developing humility It sounds like he has seen great benefits in his own life by developing this attribute in his own life. Jennifer Jones: Brother Derricot (recently returned missionary): Perfectionism is driven by fear of failure or of the opinions of others. Consecration is driven by desire to do the best we…

  • Adult session of Stake Conference

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    President Walker: blessings of family history work Learning about our ancestors unlocks the spirit of Elijah. Sister Holly Jordan: just returned from presiding over the England London Mission with her husband Good stories of some of the missionaries and members from that mission and what she learned from them. I liked the one about the…

  • From student to friend

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    I met Jake Perry in the hallway and said hello to him. I told him he was looking good. I think it’s the first time we’ve said more than a word out two since his mission. He reached out to shake my hand but as we shook hands he reached in and gave me a…

  • Church notes 7/19

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    Mark Lalli sacrament meeting talk: “have we become casual in keeping our covenants?” (Like a mother who carefully buckles her children into their car seats but them proceeds to text while driving with them…) Review Elder Oaks’ talk from April 2015 Sunday School I think Peter was unsure of his direction when he decided to…

  • Ye are my friends

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    John 15:14-15 is very instructive about the graduation from servants to friends. The same lines between children and friends apply. This explains why I am so much more able to be friends with Lisi than with Savannah.

  • “I am He”

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    “I am He” It would have been surprising to have someone admit to being the person such a company was seeking but that isn’t why they fell back. They fell back because of the power behind His words. The Spirit must have witnessed to some or all of them who He was in truth. We…

  • The Atonement

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    Redeemed man is far superior to unfallen man (Maxwell? Lewis?) The atonement took the positive aspects of pre-fallen man (immortality, in God’s presence) and combine them with the positive aspects of mortal man (knowledge, children).

  • What do I want Laura to do?

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    I would like Laura to observe Noelle (and Lisi when she’s here) in the way she reinforces me to the children. She could equally observe how I support and don’t interfere with what Noelle does with the kids. I think Noelle is a great target for observation because her natural inclinations are decidedly different than…