Last updated on January 21st, 2024 at 04:41 pm
January 14, 2024
Here is the best thing I heard (What?), saw (Eye.), and read (Read.) this week, as well as the best idea (💡) I developed.
What?
Follow Him: A Come, Follow Me Podcast, Season 4 Episode 2
- “But I want to go back to this idea of how long did they travel into the wilderness? Because I think this is a really important point. If we think three days, we see that in one way, but go back and take a look at verse 5, ‘He came down by the borders near the shore of the Red Sea.’ And you can get on Google Maps right now and figure this out, but from Jerusalem to the Red Sea is about 200 miles, so they’re already traveling a long way. And then from there, the Red Sea, they go three days into the wilderness. So I don’t know if they’re going 20 miles a day or 25 miles a day, but this is roughly a two-week journey from Jerusalem to where they make camp.
“For me, that’s really valuable because it’s going to help us see why Laman and Lemuel are complaining, ‘Oh, we don’t want to go back to Jerusalem.’ It’s not just a three day journey. This is like walking from Provo to St. George is basically what they’re doing and then to have to go back. This helps me empathize more with Laman and Lemuel, why they’re complaining.” - Follow Him: A Come, Follow Me Podcast, Season 4 Episode 2 Show Notes
- 1 Nephi 2:4-6
Eye.
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, January 9, 2024, Instagram Reel
- “When I was three years old, I lived in a house in Czechoslovakia that had a balcony guarded by a handrail. I remember looking at this barrier and the thought ran through my mind, ‘I’ll bet I could fit my head between these vertical rails.’ The more I thought about it, the more curious I became… I was free to choose, and so I did. The consequences of that action, however, limited my subsequent freedom in a very difficult way.”
Read.
President Henry B. Eyring, January 2024 Liahona, “Our Light in the Wilderness”
- “Janna said a silent, heartfelt prayer.
“‘I told Heavenly Father that I knew He knew best, but I prayed, ‘Please help her.’ As I sat there praying, a wave of warmth washed over me. I felt calm as a thought about the Savior Jesus Christ came to my mind: ‘He is the light. Find Him in the dark.”
“Janna lifted her head and whispered in Kamryn’s ear: ‘You have to find the Savior in the dark.’
“Afterward, Kamryn fell asleep listening to hymns and scriptures on the Church library app.” - Read the full story here
💡
Utilizing the new iPhone Journal app, establish a daily habit of identifying and capturing tender mercies.
This idea is inspired by the following resources:
- iPhone Journal app: “Journal, a new iPhone app available today, helps users reflect and practice gratitude through journaling, which has been shown to improve wellbeing. With Journal, users can capture and write about everyday moments and special events in their lives, and include photos, videos, audio recordings, locations, and more to create rich memories.”
- Follow Him: A Come, Follow Me Podcast, Season 4 Episode 2 Show Notes: 23:17 – 25:12
- President Henry B. Eyring, October 2007 General Conference, “O Remember, Remember“: “I wrote down a few lines every day for years. I never missed a day no matter how tired I was or how early I would have to start the next day. Before I would write, I would ponder this question: “Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?” As I kept at it, something began to happen. As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done for one of us that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day. As that happened, and it happened often, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done.”
- Elder David A. Bednar, April 2005 General Conference, “The Tender Mercies of the Lord“: “Some may count this experience as simply a nice coincidence, but I testify that the tender mercies of the Lord are real and that they do not occur randomly or merely by coincidence. Often, the Lord’s timing of His tender mercies helps us to both discern and acknowledge them.”