The scaffolding on the Salt Lake Temple helped restore the temple to its original beauty with more strength. It was there to help protect the House of the Lord—evidence of love and care for something sacred.
In our lives, the Lord offers scaffolding as well. Parents, good friends, teachers, leaders, commandments, covenants, and even seasons of correction and stretching—they are there to help us gain better access to the light and life that will bring us back to our heavenly home and safely reach our eternal destination.
We rejoice in Jesus Christ because He is the master builder. His grace is sufficient to refine, restore, repair, rebuild and bless your life now and forever.
I was deeply honored to receive an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Utah.
During my senior year there, Jon Huntsman Sr. offered me a position at his company before I had graduated. After sincere prayer and thoughtful counsel with my wife, Melanie, I chose to accept. That decision meant I did not complete my degree at the time. To receive this recognition from my alma mater feels like a tender, full-circle blessing for which I am profoundly grateful.
The counsel I shared with the graduating class applies to each of us: love your fellow man and look for the good in others. You will always be blessed in return by how you treat people with love.
I am grateful that the Lord has guided my path and placed individuals along my way who have shaped my faith and testimony. I bear witness that He knows each of us personally. As we trust Him and strive to love others as He does, He will consecrate our efforts and lead us to become more than we could ever become on our own.
@divinetrickr It isn't, but if someone can't form high trust connections with at least some functional groups, they're definitely ending up in the ash heap of history. All countries will fail eventually, be a part of something that will last.
Despair paralysis guarantees failure.
@TheTriarii@NotYourBishop@DanEllsworthVA I've heard & read near identically worded criticisms of Church leadership based on disagreements sexual minority policy & Book of Mormon geographic models.
There is no monopoly on evil speaking of the Lord's anointed.
@TheTriarii@NotYourBishop@DanEllsworthVA Nah, a fundie will reject current leaders & policy because of their rigid understanding of older policy & leaders. A progmo will reject current policy & leaders because of their expectation of change.