Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Traces of Time . . . Week of August 10-16

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Week of 
AUGUST 10-16, 2025
Stay on the Covenant Path
to reach the
Tree of Life
"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...        

On this blog I share with family and friends my thoughts, doings, what interests me, and--at times--tributes to my eternal sweetheart, Walt, who graduated to heaven on 8-21-2020.

Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and posterity to come.         

         MONDAY, 

AUGUST 10, 2026

Family is 
Everything...                             
Sunrise: 6:34 a.m. 
Sunset:  8:31 p.m.

[I forgot to get a
photo with
Dr. Harris,
so I copied the
ones from
6 months ago.]
Dr. Harris froze off
several pre-cancer spots
on my left hand, arms, 
scalp, and right cheek.
Dr. Harris, and Everest
Luckily, no biopsies had
to be done and he said 
I'm good for six more months.
Leesa made me an 
appointment for 
Monday, August 10
at 11:20 a.m.
Leesa
Back to today...
Lrrsa, Ella, and Ella
 Ready to leave...
 Thank you, Julie, for
driving me to
and from this
appointment
with Dr. Harris...
who used to live
in our neighborhood
until he built his
new home by the
lake, but still in
this same HOA.
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John brought me
these yummy 
chocolate cookies
he just made.

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Further Update to August 10 
for the movie
The Odyessey that
opened July 17:

Release dates
Running time
173 minutes[2]
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250 million[3]
Box office$1.119 billion[4][5]

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TUESDAY, 

AUGUST 11, 2026
Family is Everything...

 Seven months ago,
on Jan. 11,
President Oaks 
said in the 
dedication of the
Burley Idaho Temple:

“There is a vast difference, therefore, between an omniscient God and the false notion that God is on some sort of post-doctoral fellowship, still searching for additional key truths and vital data. Were the latter so, God might, at any moment, discover some new truth not previously known to Him that would restructure, diminish, or undercut certain truths previously known by Him. Prophecy would be mere prediction. Planning assumptions pertaining to our redemption would need to be revised. Fortunately for us, however, His plan of salvation is constantly underway—not constantly under revision. …

“In a very real sense, all we need to know is that God knows all!” (All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience [1979], 14–15, 21). - Neal Ash Maxwell 

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   Our Tuesday night movie was
" Judgement at Nuremburg" 
from 1961


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WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 12, 2026
Family is 


Everything...


   Happy Birthday to

Michael today...





...and Happy Birthday to

our Prophet, President

Dallin H. Oaks today...

"94"



















Lunch Bunch was 

at Olive Garden...


   came...






      ...


THURSDAY, 

AUGUST 13, 2026


                       Family is 


Everything…

                 
          Happy 



 FRIDAY, 

AUGUST 14, 2026

       Family is 

Everything…

 



 AUGUST 15, 2026       

SATURDAY,   


  
                    Family is 

Everything…


  Rendezvousing with 









SUNDAY,

AUGUST 16, 2026 

                     
Family is 

Everything


 Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward





Gospel Doctrine





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Redemption is equal because Christ is infinite...

-- Alma 34:14.

Glory is different because agency is real...

-- Doctrine and Covenants 93:31.


--The Bronze Serpent

 

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If you have not seen 
our mini-life-sketch,
it is at the end of 
my testimony below...
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** *I am so thankful for The Plan of Salvation and the Atonement of  Jesus Christ that makes this

 Great Plan operational.

At the end of this 
August 16th, 2026

I pray you have had a                           restful, peaceful, and spiritual     Sabbath Day...

I share these truths as                                my testimony to you...


Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence.  He loves us just as we are at this very moment.

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Heavenly Mother...

♪♫♪♪♫ "...Truth is reason;

truth eternal tells me I've a

Mother there..." ♪♫♪♪♫

--Eliza R. Snow
"O, My Father"












President Dallin H.Oaks said...

"For as we have a Father in heaven, so also we have a Mother there, a glorified, exalted, ennobled Mother. That is a startling doctrine, I recognize, to some folk, and yet we ought to be governed by reason in giving consideration to this doctrine which is a revelation from God" (Sermons and Mission Services of Melvin Joseph Ballard, 205).

"For reasons the Lord has not revealed, we do not know much about a Heavenly Mother. But we have been told that the purpose of life on earth is to give us the opportunity to grow toward being like our Heavenly Father. And we know that we are children of Heavenly Parents. So we know that we have a Heavenly Mother or Mothers. But for reasons the Lord has not revealed, we do not know much about our Heavenly Mother. But we know we must have one because both men and women are working for exaltation . . ." - President Oaks

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Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all. 

“An omnicompetent God leaves all mortals free to choose, but how grateful we should be that God chose long, long ago to rescue and to resurrect all His children through the Atonement of His Son. Nevertheless, some reject and many are indifferent to these and other divine beckonings, mostly because they are too caught up in the cares of the world. They are strangers to the Savior, who is far from the thoughts and intents of their hearts.”

Neal A Maxwell

How Choice a Seer!


                                                                     Revelation 19:16: -- "And he hath on his vesture and on
 his thigh a name written, 
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS".


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I am thankful for the guidance of the Holy Ghost as the third member of the Godhead. 
Walt said to me once: "I look forward to thanking the Holy Ghost in person when I get to Heaven. I don't think we give Him enough credit for all He does."

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Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration.  He is the Restorer of all things.
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President Dallin H. Oaks is the Living Prophet today for all the world. 

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The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
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The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today.  Because of the restored Priesthood Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.
Priesthood
Aaronic and
Melchizedek
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Of these truths I testify in the 
Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
August 16, 2026   
  
  "Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...              

Next Week...
Next week during my turn on earth...

AUGUST 17-23, 2026


FOR AUGUST 11

“There is a vast difference, therefore, between an omniscient God and the false notion that God is on some sort of post-doctoral fellowship, still searching for additional key truths and vital data. Were the latter so, God might, at any moment, discover some new truth not previously known to Him that would restructure, diminish, or undercut certain truths previously known by Him. Prophecy would be mere prediction. Planning assumptions pertaining to our redemption would need to be revised. Fortunately for us, however, His plan of salvation is constantly underway—not constantly under revision. …

“In a very real sense, all we need to know is that God knows all!” (All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience [1979], 14–15, 21). - Neal Ash Maxwell 





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