David Journal

Tag: personal quest

  • 6K Day

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    I am surprised at how easy it was to do 6000 steps today after doing 5000 yesterday. By the time I went walking tonight I was already at 5000 steps so I just needed a bit more than one lap around the block. I’ve noticed that I get a surprising number of steps in by…

  • “Plaster on a smile”

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    Laura mentioned that when she sees kids (Noah in this instance) doing things that she thinks are a healthy change for them she tries to encourage it even if it is annoying for us. She said she just tries to plaster on a smile and it struck me how often as parents we have to…

  • Upgraded prayer

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    I have been doing better with praying consistently and when Brother Perry mentioned President Nelson’s counsel to pay chocolate whenever possibly I was happy too think of the fact that I have made the point and am building the happy of making sure I pray vocally every day and that I do so at a…

  • Can this be normal?

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    It feels like I had an “all of the above” day. I went to the temple to start the day and then drive to Copper Hills High School to see Bex perform at Theater State. I got scripture study and a nap before Laura and I took Emma shopping for clothes. That was followed immediately…

  • Hitting a lull

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    I don’t know for sure but it feels a little like I am hitting a lull after conference. I am still being consistent with prayer, personal scripture study, couple scripture study, family scripture study, a nightly conference talk, and a daily journal entry. It feels like a solid foundation and for staying centered and focused—much…

  • Receiving guidance and insight

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    The Lord pointed me back to my old personal prayer roll from about 4 years ago. That will give me things to pray for consistently. I updated it to make it current. Then in elders quorum I received this insight after reading this scripture: After this, Elias appeared, and committed the dispensation of the gospel…

  • An upgraded week

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    I have now completed a full work week since general conference. I have been able to finish all the talks from October 2023 and started the first talk from April 2024 today. I have tried this week to make changes based on conference—the biggest being a deliberate attempt to be more diligent and consistent in…

  • Gaining traction

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    Laura and I did scripture study again and Laura proposed a regular evening schedule that includes a reasonable scripture study time for us as well as games with the family and scriptures with the kids. The nice things about it could study is that Laura feels comfortable expressing herself and asking questions that may be…

  • Couple Scripture Study

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    I have asked Laura a couple of times for us to find a time to start studying scriptures together. Today we finally did it for the first time in a long time. I’m excited for the possibilities.

  • A first new day

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    This morning I started with prayer the way I hope to make regular. Throughout the day I feel good about the choices for how I spent my time: working, working in the yard, helping Bex with her lease and her car, paying bills. Hopefully I can keep up this kind of pattern long enough for…