Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Hi!
Iiiiiiiii'm back! I had a really good experience at the bookstore today. That is my current, but almost finished, employment--our university's bookstore.

*And Equus is't always very sociable, so it really isn't the best job for her. For other reasons, too. But onward, to the story.*

Well, I was helping one customer figure out what was going on with the books for his class. And another customer, a young man, asked for a Spanish 101 book. They're actually these big packets that we booksellers know. They weren't in for a long time, and then we got lots. Anyway, so I said I'd check in the back, since there actually weren't any on the shelf, and I wasn't sure we had any more. He didn't seem thrilled.

*You can understand that, Equus.*

Yes, I can. But still...okay, you're right. So I went back, found lots of bozes of books, and took two boxes out. He said something, I think, about me not needing to bring out a box. (Well, I did for for the shelf, but it was still very nice.) And he carried one of the boxes a few feet for me, and helped cut it open, and helped put the books on the shelf.

*That made Equus very happy for a good bit of the rest of the afternoon.*

^_^

*Aren't you afraid Sano will be jealous?*

Well, it's not like I'll see him again. And Sano never comes to the bookstore.

*That's cause he's not real, Equus.*

Oh...right. ^/^ Reality.

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From a copy I was given of one of my favorite painting of the Savior.
"As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we add our witness to the solumn testimonies of millions from the past and present that Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of the living God, the Redeemer and Savior of the human race, the Eternal Judge of all people, the Chosen and Anointed of the Father--the Christ."

The most important part of the Church's name--Jesus Christ. We are Christians, and we bear record of His mission and Atonement, along with all other believer in Christ. In His holy name. Amen.

2 Nephi 2
4 And thou hast beheld in thy youth his [Jesus's] glory; wherefore, thou art blessed even as they unto whom he shall minister in the flesh; for the Spirit is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. And the way is prepared from the fall of man, and salvation is free.
5 And men are instructed sufficiently that they know good from evil. And the law is given unto men. And by the law no flesh is justified; or, by the law men are cut off. Yea, by the temporal law they were cut off; and also, by the spiritual law they perish from that which is good, and become miserable forever.
6 Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth.
7 Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered.
8 Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise.
9 Wherefore, he is the firstfruits unto God, inasmuch as he shall make intercession for all the children of men; and they that believe in him shall be saved.
10 And because of the intercession for all, all men come unto God; wherefore, they stand in the presence of him, to be judged of him according to the truth and holiness which is in him. Wherefore, the ends of the law which the Holy One hath given, unto the inflicting of the punishment which is affixed, which punishment that is affixed is in opposition to that of the happiness which is affixed, to answer the ends of the atonement—
11 For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my first-born in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.
12 Wherefore, it must needs have been created for a thing of naught; wherefore there would have been no purpose in the end of its creation. Wherefore, this thing must needs destroy the wisdom of God and his eternal purposes, and also the power, and the mercy, and the justice of God.
13 And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say there is no sin. If ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say there is no righteousness. And if there be no righteousness there be no happiness. And if there be no righteousness nor happiness there be no punishment nor misery. And if these things are not there is no God. And if there is no God we are not, neither the earth; for there could have been no creation of things, neither to act nor to be acted upon; wherefore, all things must have vanished away.
14 And now, my sons, I speak unto you these things for your profit and learning; for there is a God, and he hath created all things, both the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are, both things to act and things to be acted upon.

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Fact of the day: Nocturnal means nighttime, crepuscular means dawn- and dusk-time, and diurnal means daytime.
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