You are a link.
You did not forge yourself.
You came into being at the end of a chain that runs back further than you can see, back through your parents and their parents, back through the Saints who crossed the plains, back through the converts pulled out of the mines of Wales and the farms of Denmark, back through Carthage and Kirtland and the grove, back through the long dark centuries when the chain was thin and hidden and carried by a faithful few, all the way back to Adam, and through Adam to the God who set the first link in place.
Every covenant you have ever made was a link. Every blessing laid on your head by hands that had hands laid on them was a link. You are not the beginning of anything. You are the present custodian of something old, and the only question your life is really asking is whether the chain will pass through you intact or break at your name.
You are a link in a chain older than the world and longer than you will ever see the end of. You did not forge it. You do not get to end it.
Hand it forward intact, with the fire still in it.
That is the whole of what is being asked of you.
The same thing that was asked of every generation of this people before you, and the only thing that has ever kept the chain whole through every dark age it has survived.
Hold. For the ones above you who are watching, and the ones below you who are coming, hold.
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@Ch_JesusChrist@OaksDallinH We trust your guidance, leadership and direction! We know that you are the prophet the Lord wants us to follow during these times! May the Lord bless you with all the strength, health, and wisdom to carry out His great work in these Latter-Days! Thank you for your dedication!
@HollandJeffreyR Thank you @HollandJefferyR! As I was perusing some political commentary back-and-forth, your message came through bringing peace. How blessed we are to have the restoration of the Gospel, whose messages from His servants bring daily comfort, peace and joy!
I’ve spoken recently about the need for peacemakers. On this Father’s Day I feel gratitude for all the fathers who act as peacemakers in their homes and communities.
My own father was an example of this during my childhood. And I have tried my very best to carry over his righteous influence into my own family, which now includes hundreds of people—each of whom I love dearly!
Fathers, as you become peacemakers in your homes, you can literally thwart the influence of the adversary. As you demonstrate the charity that true followers of Jesus Christ manifest, the Lord will magnify your efforts beyond your loftiest imagination.
As you follow the Prince of Peace, you will become His peacemakers.
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