Progress....

Best 5k time =
50:39 (Panther Creek State Park, Morristown, TN)
50:25 (Spanish Springs, NV)
47:16 (Knoxville, TN - Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis, 12/11/10)
46:29 (Knoxville Track Club, New Year's Day Run, 2011)

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Total number of miles on first bike trip = 3,550
Visited: Morristown, TN; Chicago, IL; Thunder Bay, ON; Winnipeg, MB; Williston, ND; Billings, MT; West Yellowstone, MT; Ashley, ID; Jackson Hole, WY; Cokeville, WY; Ogden, UT; Draper, UT; Elko, NV; Spanish Springs, NV.

Weight lost since September 14, 2011: 8.0 pounds

Current trip: 310 miles
Neah Bay, WA; Beaver, OR.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Lehi vs Joseph Smith

I was just now reading in 1 Nephi 1 and came across this account of Lehi's problems in Jerusalem, in verses 5 to the end. Lehi is a type of Joseph Smith.

Comparison

Lehi prayed to God
Joseph prayed to God

God appeared to Lehi in a pillar of fire
God appeared to Joseph

Lehi was overcome with fatigue and the Spirit after this vision
Joseph had the same feelings after visitations of Moroni

Lehi sees Jesus and his apostles
Joseph establishes Jesus' apostles again

Lehi receives a book, reads by the Spirit of God
Joseph receives a book from Moroni by Spirit of God

Lehi discovers that Jerusalem will be destroyed if they are unfaithful
Joseph discovers that the Gentiles will be destroyed if they are unfaithful

Lehi rejoiced and prophesied in his vision
Joseph rejoiced and prophesied in his vision

After vision, Lehi begins to share it
After vision, Joseph begins to share it

Jews tried to kill Lehi because he testified of the Messiah and that their works were not true
Sectarians tried to kill Joseph because he testified of the Messiah and their works were not true

Lehi was saved by God to complete his work
Joseph was saved by God to complete his work

Other than this bit of revelatory flash, for which I am grateful to the God, today was quiet. This morning I had a run in with Charter Comms on the phone because they are stupid. Utterly stupid. And incompetent. And stupid. Then Loni drove me to run some errands and it as so nice to just visit with her. I took her out to Asian House for sushi and that was very nice. Very good company and good sushi.

Then I came home and tried to sleep some. Slept too much this evening because now I have to try and get to bed and get up early so Loni can take me to the doc's to see about getting my pins out. Hope I can. I'm sick of this.

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And I just read this on the Wall Street Journal opinion site, by James Taranto:

"An Atrocious Sentence, but No Crime
This almost seems unsporting, but we can't resist. From a New York Times editorial on the Justice Department's decision to drop its investigation of Tom DeLay:

Mr. DeLay, the Texas Republican who had been the House majority leader, crowed that he had been "found innocent." But many of Mr. DeLay's actions remain legal only because lawmakers have chosen not to criminalize them.
By the same logic, the New York Times editorialists are not in the dock only because "criminal stupidity" is a figure of speech and not an actual law."

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