“Love one another; as I have loved you.” ( John 13:34) To love everyone, as suggested by that scripture, is to be able to see yourself, your hopes, desires, fears and your ambitions in the lives of everyone around you. My granddaughter, Sarah (a recently returned missionary) in one of her letter’s home wrote a…
Tag: Love
On Vanity
“Vanity of vanities,” saith the Preacher, “all is vanity.” (Ecclesiastes 1:2) Every once in awhile, we will read or hear a good story describing the vain. One of the best happened in real life to me. It is the story of the ‘toupees:’ “Years ago, I was attending a meeting in St. George, Utah with…
On Things Change, Thank Goodness!
I have always had a love affair with cars, and during the course of my long life, I have probably had between 75 and 100 of them. There are some, that at this point in my life, I don’t even remember having. When I was a young man, cars were somewhat simple mechanically, and I…
On The Power of Touch
Ahhh! Who can truly comprehend the importance of the human touch, not only to other human, but to all living creatures? I have written before about my first dog, that I gave the strange name of Jeep. Why Jeep? Because the second World War was going on at the time we met, and I fell…
On Johnny Lingo
Johnny lingo was the name of a short film shown in Sunday School classes many years ago. Now a new version has been made on video. The new version was recently played again for us during a church meeting. I don’t believe that I will ever forget that very important message of being an eight…
On The Sweet Words We Never Would Say
There are several nationalities where the customs are such that it is very unusual for people to express love and show tenderness. Whether that is supposed to be a sign of weakness or they may believe their children will grow up to be more independent if less affection is shown, I don’t know. I do…
On Fathers Are Important Too
As Father’s Day approaches, may we take the time to actually contemplate our fathers, their lives and the contribution they made to our lives and the lives of our children. I have often wished that my father would have written his history, and since he did not, I attempted to do it for him. In…
On Personal Prayer
Prayer is a very personal and individual exercise of one’s faith. When I see people pray in a restaurant, for example, I sometimes think, why am I not doing that? Or I listen to someone in church pray with such sincerity and obvious love for the Father that I think, why don’t I pray like…
On Let There Be Light
From the mouths of babes! “And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?” (Matthew 21:16) In Sacrament meeting, a young missionary (19 years old) spoke with the maturity of an angel. I’m going to elaborate on one of the things that…
On Animals
In referring to animals, I am thinking in broad brush terms to also include birds, insects etc. There are a myriad of life forms that are different from humans. It has always amazed me how like and unlike humans they are. Many of them seem to express similar, if not the same, emotions as humans….