It seems that I am not always correct in what I write. We recently had our new Stake Presidency called, sustained, and set apart. In my previous post I indicated that if I had someone at the top of my list, it was the kiss of death. Not so this time. I felt that Wayne Pullan was going to be the man called to be our President, and I heard his name from the pulpit and happily raised my hand to sustain him. May the Lord bless him and his family.
We Don’t Know Everything But We Know Enough
One of the talks given at the recent Semi-Annual General Conference of my church discussed the idea that “We Don’t Know Everything But We Know Enough”. The idea is, we can push forward even if we don’t have all of the answers. I find that idea mildly comforting when considering our current economic situation. We need to move forward and solve problems, rather than quivering in a mode of indecision because we don’t have all of the answers. Our current problems demand action, some kind of action in order for us to at least start to move forward in solving our problems. Not only can we move forward with regard to our faith in the Lord and his plan, but we also can move forward in solving the problems of our country.
One of the announcements mysteriously missing recently from announcements at the Semi-Annual Conference of the LDS Church was the building of the new Payson Utah Temple. Well, at least that would be the case for a lot of people in Payson. There have been rumors rampant in Payson for the last 9 months that there was going to be a new temple in Payson. Actually, there is a “prophecy”, at least the legend of a prophecy of a local Payson Bishop and Stake President that they had, in vision, seen a temple on the ridge above our home in Payson.
Earlier this year a builder, who wants to build homes on the rocky ridge above our home, had tried to encourage that rumor so he could get approval, without going through the actual process of getting approval, to build a housing development on the ridge. While one wonders why anyone would want to invest money in such a program right now because of the financial crisis in our country, there was still an effort by that builder to paint the Payson City Council and Planning Commission as bad people because we had not fawned over him when he presented the plan to us.
Instead, he has gone to a Stake in our area, and after talking about the “Payson Utah Temple” has painted us as the bad guys and put our name in print as the people who are obstacles to this dream. Maybe someday we will get a temple, and I would have loved to hear that announcement in General Conference, but for right now it doesn’t appear that dream is to be.
As always, the recent General Conference provided timely counsel to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints regarding the problems we face in the world today. It would be well for the world if they listened what is said from the pulpit in the Conference Center. Every six months we hear timely counsel, and October of 2008 has been no different.
Elder Joseph Wirthlin gave what I consider to be an excellent talk on Adversity. He told us that when we are faced with Adversity, we need to work hard at overcoming the adversity, have faith in the Lord and the Savior, and then leave the rest to the Lord.
Our nation faces much the same type of challenge. We need to do everything that we can to solve the problems, the trust in our Lord and Savior and have faith in him and leave the solutions to him. We have to do that now. We have to make sure that we do our best, and then trust the Lord that the solutions will come.
Our nation is faced with Adversity. It is now time to trust in the Savior.
Once every six months members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This is a renewing time when it is possible for each of the members of this church to listen to God’s word and to learn of his will for us. I love this opportunity, and seek to listen wherever on the surface of the earth that I may be found.
Of course, I would love to hear that a temple is being built in my back yard. However, despite the fact that this fall that announcement has not been made, still, I love listening to what the Apostles and Prophets have to say. It is a spiritual feast.