David Journal

Tag: thoughts

  • Reduced to one word

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    In the temple this morning I realized that if you wanted to summarize the gospel of Jesus Christ in a single word that word would have to be repentance. The whole summary of the gospel is that Christ made repentance possible for the rest of us. In fact, the mission of Christ summarized in a…

  • A balancing act

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    Do these things with thanksgiving, with cheerful hearts and countenances, not with much laughter, for this is sin, but with a glad heart and a cheerful countenance Doctrine & Covenants 59:15 How do we judge between “much laughter” and “a glad heart and a cheerful countenance”? I personally suspect that part of it is volume…

  • We love what we know

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    Sister Preece made the comment that it’s hard to love people that we don’t know. She went on to point out that Christ paid the price to know each of us perfectly so He is able to love us perfectly. I would add that it’s usually hard not to love anyone that we really know.…

  • Something is in the air

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    Thoughts in sacrament meeting Sometimes focusing on Jesus doesn’t mean looking directly toward Him but instead looking toward where He points us. I thought it was interesting when Brother Hartman suggested that sometimes we are “face blind” even to ourselves and invited us to seek to see ourselves the way Heavenly Father sees us. Elders…

  • Follow the prophet

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    For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith. Doctrine & Covenants 21:5 The instruction to receive the words of the prophet as if they had come from the Lord is not about the prophet being infallible. Obedience to the Lord’s duly appointed servant is a demonstration…

  • A Renaissance of peace

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    I feel confident that it is still possible for us to have a Renaissance of peace and prosperity similar to the first half of 4th Nephi. I didn’t think we need a single Christian religion (that seems beyond the possibility for our time) but we can celebrate a layout of religious and cultural traditions that…

  • What’s in a name?

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    As I read the words of Christ regarding the name of His church it made me think of how we have referred to the church in these latter days and I realized how getting people to use a different name for the church is a subtle attack by the devil to undermine the church. It…

  • Staring a conversation

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    I’ve been thinking about likely needing to get 2 new cars within the next few (probably less than 3) years. This morning I was thinking about that as $40,000 that I definitely won’t have. Then I thought about the fact that I can expect to keep working for at least 20 more years but for…

  • Appreciate to a God

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    In word and deed He doth requireMy will to His like son to sireBe made to bend and I, as son,Learn conduct from the Holy One. God loved us so He sent His Son verse 4 I’ve always loved this verse but I thought about a telling analogy today. If someone has the opportunity to…

  • Farewell Grandpa

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    Grandpa died this afternoon. It’s been just under a week since the nurse indicated that he was transitioning (a process that can take anywhere from hours to weeks) so we have expected it soon. Mom let me know by text within minutes of Marilyn observing him pass. I’m grateful that over the last several weeks…