Saturday, February 18, 2012
She said... ...[Yes!]
Victor is on his way to see me, and my big brother took off work to be a part of it--what ever 'it' will be (I had a pretty good idea). I went to bed early, sometime around 8:30 so I would get at least some sleep that night, as I would be spending 11:30-12:30 with him and then getting up to go perform baptisms for the dead at the Rexburg temple. That night when I announced to Benjamin that Victor was to pick me up at 7:30 so we could be at the temple a bit before 8am (the time they open the baptistery for walk-ins) Victor took a hesitant breath and said...ok. I wanted to be to the temple when it opened so we could have more of the rest of the Saturday together to do other things too, as the baptistery is often packed busy on Saturdays. Victor and I took a short walk and said our good nights (or good morning, as it was after midnight).
After arriving in Rexburg, late at night with a carpool including Janell’s brother Benjamin, I got everything lined up for the next day, set my alarm for 5:30 am, and went to bed. I needed to be up really early, because Janell always gets up really early, and if I wasn’t up early, I’d be too late and the surprise would be spoiled.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Good Stress, Bad Stress,
I've got it all planned out for this next weekend. I hope the following weekend isn't so stressful as this week was and I have a lot of reason for it to be a great weekend.
This week I had two finals. My physics final, which I'm really stressed about finding out how I did, and my biology final. The Lord helped me a lot on that one to know what was important and I got a 92% on the test. Tomorrow I'm giving a big presentation on Maria Theresia of the Habsburg Empire.
Work is going okay. My mom sent my tools to Pocatello with Naomi so in a week I'll be able to pick them up from her and I'll have them again.
My car broke down this week too. The rear left wheel bearings went out as well as the rear brakes. Wore down to metal on metal. We checked the brakes and they were fine in December. My dad was surprised how much I talked them down for the labor.
Janell's cousins are really starting to pressure me to know my plans with Janell. They'll sure have a surprise next weekend.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Mark Damoss- BYU devotional 1/24/2012
-Author of the "little red book of wisdom"
"If you're representing the lord you have nothing to worry about. It's
the Lord who should be worried."
If it's Christian, it ought to be done better.
The only Christian work is work well done.
Doctrinal differences have caused an ugly divide between evangelical
Christians and Latter-day Saints.
Those violently protesting our faith are a small and ugly minority.
Mistreatment of Mormons by those who claim to follow Christ has
inspired many attempts at more Christ-like dialogue--the Civility
project.
Incivility is a problem with both liberals and conservative.
Be respectful of adversaries.
Write nice letters.
Let each esteem others better than himself. - Phillipians
1st amendment gives right to demonize with public speech but it
doesn't make it right.
Conduct yourself with love.
Disagree without being disagreeable Quentin l cook
Can't claim to be a follower of Christ without treating others civilly.
Most people associate wisdom with age power affluence or importance.
Know that wisdom can come from the mouth of babes.
Ways to get wise
1. Spend time with wise people
2. Read the textbook -the Bible- Proverbs
Read a chapter a day. All 31 each month.
3. Ask for it. It comes down from above. James 1:5
If you see a turtle on a fence post, he didn't put himself there.
There are no self made men. God puts us where we are.
There are self starters. God won't get us going.
He started a successful public relations firm, I could start a medical
equipment testing firm.
Losing a family member gets you thinking about death.
God set limits of our time.
Be aware of that limit.
Have a sense of purpose.
By following God, if you gain you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing.
When you get to the top there is nothing there. The affluence of the
world offers nothing.
Christ is center of all. Following him always brings happiness.
Love your wife.
Both our eternity and life ahead depend on how we answer. Now what?
Busy Busy Busy
journal worthy yet. Really busy week but things aren't going well with
my new job as a handyman. Half of my jobs I was assigned to are tasks
that take a crew. One of them was a flooded basement. I had to drive
all the way out to South Jordan. It hailed hard on the way home.
Traffic on the freeway moved so slow that it took two hours to move
forty miles. I was late to come do my calling as assistant executive
secretary who waits outside during the interviews and schedules
followup. The indestructible titanium ring I designed came to Fred
Meyer this week and I picked it up. Now I'm in limbo waiting for when
I can be with janell again. I'm keeping occupied though. I've got a
bunch of girls and guys from the ward over to my apartment to watch
yes man. We had a great potluck too. I made biscuits and gravy and
stroganoff.