Patriarchal Blessings
Multiple Miracles Per Day
Yesterday, via Zoom, we were able to attend sacrament meeting in the Bremerton Ward. Josiah spoke. It was a very well-organized, wisdom-filled talk. It’s a miracle that because of technology we were able to participate. It’s also a miracle that this baby, born with deformed legs, and encased in a body cast for the first six months of his life, was going off on the mission with no impairments.
Read MoreWhat I’ve Learned as a Patriarch
Last night I still had not a clue what to say to you here tonight. As I got into bed I knelt and prayed for the inspiration that would give me a starting point for my talk. The little voice in my head said, “Tell them what you’ve learned as a patriarch.”
Read MoreA Failed Patriarchal Blessing?
A woman confided in me that nothing in the patriarchal blessing she received 50 years ago has come to pass, and that she is now too old for those promises to take place. Her patriarchal blessing stated that she would be surrounded by a righteous family, and that is not at all the case.
Read MoreNew Beginnings
At this minute (9:10 a.m., 13 April 2021) grandson Isaiah is boarding a plane in Boise to begin a new life. He has spent the past six weeks in our home doing an at-home, on-line mission training due to COVID-19 restrictions. He is departing on his mission. He is launching out into the world to begin two years of service to the Lord and to his fellow men. In the process he will become a man. He will learn about his capabilities. He will become conversant in a new language. He will develop a working relationship with the Lord and with the Holy Ghost that will bless the rest of his life. He will return in two years shining. He will have new ideas about how he wants to spend the rest of his life. The rest of his life is now beginning.
Read MorePatriarch
I have spent my adult life preparing for the next church event. I’ve either been thinking about the upcoming lesson or church talk that I was to give, or planning and preparing for an activity. There has always been something. When one was over and done with, there were the next ones to get ready for.
Read MoreThe Lord Honors His Priesthood
Sunday I gave patriarchal blessings numbers 37 and 38. I fast and I pray before each blessing that the words which I speak may be given by the Spirit, and will be the blessings that the Lord desires the person to have. I am careful in my life that my thoughts and my actions may all be worthy ones so that I may be a fit conduit through which the Spirit may speak these blessings that I hope are from the Lord.
Read MoreUnaware
(Materials needed: 3 pictures and a sling).
(Display Journey to Bethlehem by Joseph Brickey).
I would like you to study this picture.