Principles of the Gospel

The first principles of the Gospel are Faith, then Repentance. I believe the next principles are Love and Gratitude.

A Lesson Learned Today

It is vital to our spiritual health that we do two things every day. The first is study and ponder the scriptures. And the second is to pray.

We need the Holy Ghost with us each day to make proper decisions. Studying the scriptures and praying each day is how we stay in tune with the Spirit.

When we interact with people we need the Spirit, in order to bless them. We are commanded to feed each other spiritually. See John 21:15; D&C 88:76-77. In order to teach we must have within us something to teach. It must be a treasure within us, a fountain of living waters springing up to give life to the spiritually parched. D&C 11:21; D&C 84:85; D&C 42:14.

I heard today that when King David fell, he had likely quit praying. If we want to avoid sin, to have the strength to resist sin, we must be close to the Lord. We do that by praying.

I have been advised by my primary care doctor to spend some time meditating each day. It's supposed to help lower my blood pressure. It has been hard for me to meditate for any length of time. I feel that I'm not doing anything when I'm meditating. But perhaps, if I do it in connection with, as part of my prayer, I can relax and listen for the Spirit to guide me. And if I study a scripture or two during the same time, I can pray more effectively. I want to do this.

Mantra

A mantra for meditation:

To be directed toward any person you want to help:

I love you.
I am sorry (for everything I may have done to put you in this situation, I accept complete responsibility for your problem)
Please forgive me.
Thank you.

My Music

Waffles!

We made waffles for dinner last night. Serenity and Cadence (my granddaughters) helped by adding and stirring the ingredients and pouring the batter into the hot iron. We put blueberry pie filling and whipped cream on the waffles. They were yummy!!!.

Getting in shape

I've started a new exercise program, with walking as the main feature. I've walked for the last 2 days. I'm posting this on my blog so that you can all encourage me. I even ran some of the time yesterday. I hope to somehow add some type of pull-up exercise to build upper body strength. I have not figured out how to set up a pull up bar in the house.

Added on June 29: I injured my back the first week in May, and have had to put most of my exercising on hold until it gets better. I am doing some exercises assigned by the physical therapist my doctor sent me to. And I've done some walking.