Brain dump

Reorganization of bishopric

Berkley - Bishop
McMillan - 1rst counselor
And Phares - 2nd counselor

Sister Berkley bore testimony that the Lord truly loves us all, although so many seem to resist that knowledge. It is likened to a great feast to which all are invited but many will not come.

The new bishop shares how loving our heavenly father is, and our savior loves us nearly beyond comprehension.

He mentioned no longer hugging and Joseph commented, "everyone else can still hug, right? ...I do not want to be bishop then."

Serving in calling but still felt drained and run down, and it confused him cause he was serving. Eventually figured it all out, and it was like "filling our lamps" in the parable of yhe ten virgins. He admonished us to please read our scriptures or at least the Ensign to refuel our spiritual strength.

It is just as important to establish a legacy so that those who follow us will fondly remember our great fight and want to emulate it.

Last words of Steve Jobs, all success in this realm seems meaningless.

    The "non-stop pursuit of wealth will. 
    Only turn a person into a twisted being,
     just like me."

Bishop had been fiercely obedient to the will of God.

First presidency considers bishopric in the Temple, evidence that the Lord in involved with the monute details of our lives.

Stake president testifies that the new bishopric was chosen by God.

Sacrifice play was used as a definition for sacrafice, you give up your reward for a better one.

Think about this **** Isaac was called the only Son of Abraham but Ishmael was actually his firstborn.

Weding ring is coming to my mind as a perfect similitude of sacrifice. It is a thing given up to get a greater thing.

I used to think that there is no such thing as a sacrifice because of the reward being as great or greater as what is traded off, but the point is that you do not know that you will get the reward.

The example of donating a kidney to a dying child it does not feel like a sacrifice when you do a thing because the love given is unending.

The service a Latter-day Saint must give so much to the Lord as sacrifice.

"We are leaving you for the Lord."

I think, in this light, that it is a blessing to not be able to be with my older children, because they will be taken so much better care of by the Lord than I could ever do or provide.

It is important to gather our family together

We need to do temple work for our kindred dead, not just the dead.

We have been called, literally, to give more efforts towards family history. So get to work doing it.

My father literally wanted us to all work together in the temple.

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