ll the prophets who have ever walked the earth were foreordained to be prophets. Jeremiah, for example was told that he was called before he was formed in the belly. Many of the great prophets through the ages were called to serve when they were still in their youth, probably because their minds had not…
Tag: Father
On The Target
When my wife was young, her family sometimes went to an amusement park. She recalls going through what was called the spinning tunnel, one half of which was spinning one way and the other half was spinning the other way. The object of which was to be able to get through the tunnel without becoming…
On Life’s Purpose
President Ezra Taft Benson said that, “When our Heavenly Father placed Adam and Eve on this earth, He did so with the purpose in mind of teaching them how to return to His presence. Our Father promised a Savior to redeem them from their fallen condition. He gave them the Plan of salvation and told…
On How Christ is Our Father
One of my Grandsons asked me, “Grandpa, I am confused by the statement in the Book of Mormon where it says that Jesus is the Father. What does that mean?” The response that follows is merely the thoughts of an old grandfather trying to answer the question of his grandson and is not to be…
On Being An Example
We are all an example, of one kind or another, to someone or another. In filling the various roles that we play in life, we could find ourselves becoming a different type of example to those we associated with in each role. By roles I mean: father, son, mother, daughter, sibling, student, teacher, employer, employee,…
On Communicating
As Jerry Seinfeld once quipped, “According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Does that sound right? This means at a funeral most people would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy.” There are so many ways to communicate and the most common is with speech….
On Church Membership
I have talked with people who said that they believed in God but did not believe that a person had to become a member of an organized religion to be a Christian and/or a good person. Many who have that attitude feel a structured program, such as a church, is rigid and inflexible and tends…
On Funerals
On several occasions I have spoken at the funeral of a deceased relative, friend or neighbor. I have always prayed for inspiration at those times, that I might say those things that would be comforting for the family of the deceased person. It is easy to find good things to say about a deceased person,…
On Mother’s Day
We celebrate Mother’s Day every year, and in thinking about mothers, it came to my mind that they should be honored universally and eternally. In Genesis 3:20 “Adam called his wife’s name Eve: because she was the mother of all living.” After Eve transgressed, it was the beginning of life in the cold and dreary…
On Linking
It is common for people generally to question the importance of writing about or even to know anything about their forefathers, the people who lived before they were even born. You might hear the expression: “they are dead and buried, gone—history. What is important is the here and now—forget the past.” It is often hard…