Momentous

A great deal of mental and spiritual energy are expended in choosing the right words to have carved in stone. But it's done. Words and stone chosen, sketch drawnand approved, contract signed, money paid. Jordan's small, deeply meaningful, granite monument will be set in place in four to six weeks, so I'm told. A mother who lost her 9-year-old son to leukemia 3 and a half years ago wrote to me that she still hasn't been able to bring herself to undertake this weighty task. I send up a prayer for clarity of heart and mind for all parents who have this decision ahead of them, and another prayer of thanks that it is behind us at last.

I taught the lesson on the great plan of salvation last Sunday. All things pale in significance in comparison to it, and it "ought to occupy our strict attention, and be regarded as one of heaven's best gifts to mankind." said the beloved-by-many(including me) and despised-by-others Prophet Joseph Smith. So what is this plan?Squeezing its vastness and majesty into a too tight nutshehll, it is designed to give us, God's children, the opportunity to become like Him, forever living with Him and our families in a state of perfect, unending, purposeful joy. There is so very much more to it than that, for it is marvelous and glorious and worth every effort to understand and comply with.

Because we're in an uneventful period just now, I suspect my postings will be less frequent for the next while. If anything noteworthy occurs, I promise to make haste and report it. I think you can subscribe to post Atom, whatever that is, and possibly be notified of new posts so that you don't have to check back before a new one comes along. Until then, may God bless us all, and may we always remember to turn to Him in good times and bad. He is the Rock of our salvation!

Oh, wait, wait. This is less daunting..I'm working on my own epitaph now. This is what I've come up with so far:
Was blind,
But now I see!