David Journal

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  • Under the weather

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    I’m not certain right now but I’ve been feeling a pain in my gut today and I can’t figure out if it’s temporary or something I need to pay attention to. Notes Hope in Christ, at it’s heart, is the recognition that whatever we want/hope for is not simply a matter of our own effort…

  • Unfair in our favor.

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    We may perform at a 6 in letting God prevail in our lives but our covenants aren’t fair because the Lord blessed us at a 10 for being willing so that we can become accustomed to how to be an 8. Jared Lund(Paraphrase) We had an interesting discussion in Elders Quorum about how we let…

  • Promises in Section 109

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    Now I need to evaluate how those promises apply to me.

  • One thing of value

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    During the family call today as we were talking about Bex leaving for college Savannah encouraged Bex to make use of the family recipe site. It made me feel good that I had provided at least one thing that continues to prove valuable after leaving home.

  • Good friends

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    Every time we get together with the Jacobson’s I am reminded of the value of having good friends. We had a very enjoyable game night there and it was nice to see the kids breaking up into various groups and each enjoying the kind of company they were comfortable with.

  • Time to do less

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    I wanted to talk to Carl to pick his lawyer brain for a minute and “Sunday afternoon” was his availability. That showed me how much I have packed in to most Sundays. We have: I didn’t get to call Carl until 9PM At least I know I’m not bored and surfing YouTube but I definitely…

  • Ward walkabout

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    I was tempted to skip my journal for tonight based on some late conversations but I really wanted to record the beginning of a new thing the ward started today called the ward walkabout. Every Sunday until the weather gets too cold there will be a house who has volunteered to host as people in…

  • I broke

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    This morning while trying to put a roast on to cook I finally couldn’t push myself to do more of trying to hold things together when I have no help in maintaining the basic livability of the household. I simply put the lid on the rust and walked away from the unusable kitchen. I spent…

  • Finding a place of retreat

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    I got up early this morning to drive the van key down to Robby Layton in Ephraim so he would be able to get the van off the mountain once he has guys available. Before I left I had a good prayer about establishing a place of retreat which I am calling our place of…

  • The voice of the Spirit

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    The Lord is offering to teach me 15 different ways. Everywhere I turn lately there is something that the Spirit is pointing out to me for further consideration. Laura asked me to pray about whether I should be the one leading the discussion we need to have with Enoch. I’m sure that the answer is…