"I have decided to keep a journal because I believe that my life is important not only to myself but also to others. Perhaps I can stimulate others in my family to do likewise so that the family may be strengthened through deeper communication. Only that material which keynote the central themes of my life and its experiences will be recorded. Certainly it will not always be serious because I enjoy a sense of humor and do not take myself serious enough to think that everything that happens to me is earth-shattering. In fact, I enjoy a good laugh with others when my antics and habits are in review. It would be more than I could ever hope for, if my wonderful and choice family – those now living and those yet to embrace life here upon this earth – would read my thoughts and come to understand me as I desire to understand them. Then a love would develop in all our hearts for our God; for one another; for life; and for the quest for eternal life together. And so whenever a record is being made I pray that the Spirit might be with me that it will be felt by those who read these words in the spirit of truth. Only the decisions that pertain to our relationships with our Father in Heaven and the Savior are important. All other decisions will be of little consequence."

Sunday, October 6, 1974

October 6, 1974



Kirk James, Greg (Jane’s friend) and Tom and I went through the Provo Temple today where Tom received his own endowments. It was one of the very special days of my life. To be in the Lord’s sacred house with these choice young men brought me closer to my dear Father in Heaven and His beloved Begotten Son than I have known in some time. This same feeling continued throughout the day and I was able to have deep talks of committed love with Jane, Greg, I also called Chris and Eric by phone and proclaimed to them their great worth in our family and my personal love for them. I love my Father in Heaven because He has led me in the pathways of righteous love and “caring” for my wife, my beloved family, my friends, and all men, having removed the feelings of prejudice that I have known in the past. I will do anything necessary to continue this great blessing in a world where Satan rules as he did in the days of Noah. I serve my dear Father and the Savior because I have drunk at the fountain of their great love.

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