The following story is about laying up treasures on earth. If you could take worldly treasures with you to heaven they would only melt. Any earthly business could never be as profitable to us as our Father’s business; the Savior said that He because all that the Father hath shall be ours. David Whitmer prayed…
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On Physical and Spiritual Survival
I have donated my blood every couple of months, most of my adult life. My type O blood is the kind that is suitable for use in stabilizing babies and small children as well as adults. Blood is an amazing liquid. It is the elixir of life without which there is no life, at all….
On “How Great Thou Art”
My youngest son and his sweet wife live across the country from us and they arrange to come home to visit as often as they can; in the meantime we converse via phone or email. As his father, my writing to he and his wife, I sometimes include spiritual thoughts. This one Sunday before church…
On What I Believe I Have Learned About Life
Over the years I have heard statements by various people expressing what they thought they had learned either from an experience in their life or from life itself. I, too, have learned a few things over my eighty five years on earth. The expectation is that as a person ages their experiences in life should…
On Sacred Records
It is indeed a dreadful thought that God, our Father, would leave us on earth with no information as to why we are here and what His plan is for us. After Adam was placed in the Garden of Eden he sought further light and knowledge from the Father. Later, Adam was commanded to keep…
On Separating the Things of Earth From the Things of Heaven
I remember a story (joke) I heard many years ago. “It seems there was a very rich man who had been diagnosed with a terminal disease. As he lay on his bed close to death he called for his wife. He instructed her to go down to the bank and withdraw all of his money…
On The Light and Life
“In the beginning was the Word,… All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. Wherefore, he is possessor of all things; for all things are subject unto him, both in heaven and on earth, the…
On Don’t Forget
There is a saying that used to be popular : “Never forget where you came from.” Even though some may not forget, there may be some who may not want to remember. As a grown son, my little family never made it to where my birth family lived and worked but I never forgot. My…
On The Priesthood and the World
The Priesthood is the authority of God delegated to man to act for Him in saving or in the salvation of men. It is a principal of power, of intelligence through which divine work and purposes are achieved. The Priesthood is not just for use on the earth but the Priesthood is an everlasting principal and…
On A Gratitude Jar
“People may forget what you said, or what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Being grateful and expressing that gratitude are two different things, with what could be two different and significant outcomes. To make kindnesses a big thing, at least a bigger thing than most people do, can…