Ether 13:10 And that a New Jerusalem should be built upon this land, unto the remant of the seed of Joseph
There was once a father who lived in a remote mountain valley. Within this valley grew trees with the straitest grain and most beautiful wood in all the land. One day the father climbed the hillside to work next to his son who planted seedlings that grew into the magnificient trees. "I am tired father of trudging up and down these mountainsides and planting these seedlings. Most of them are dead the next year. Those that grow, grow so slowly that I will never see them very tall."
The father visited his second son who felled the mighty trees along the mountainside and hauled them to the mill in the valley. "Father why must I spend all my days cutting down these trees? My back is sore and my legs aches. My friends can do what they want. Why must I do this work?"
In the mountain valley the father visited his third son who worked in the mill. "Father it is loud and hot. This work is so tedious. Is there something else I can do?"
The next day the father took his sons to the top of the mountain in whose shadow the valley lay. He carried a telescope and carefully focused it. He invited each of his sons to look. As they gazed they saw in a land far away a beautiful city in the center of which was a beautiful temple with spires rising high into the sky and other temples rising from the ground. "What is it father?" they exclaimed. "It is a city built for our God. The wood from our trees is building that city and those temples."
The sons went down from the mountain top to their work. They retained a vision of that magnificient city and temple in the far away city. When the first son planted his seedlings he said with joy, "I plant trees for temples to our God." When the second son harvested the tall trees he declared with gladness in his heart, "The trees will be used to build the city and temples to the Lord." And the third son cut and sanded the wood with love in heart knowing what he did was for the glory of God.
7 comments:
Beautiful story and beautiful pictures!
-your favorite (aka only, but still favorite) daughter-in-law
thank you Shannon
That's a great story Dad. It was so fun to have you and Scott here, thanks for coming!
THIS IS BILLY:
Great story - aptly timed as well to help us come down off the spiritual high of conference.
Great message.
Dad-- I am waiting for a new post.
Also, gearing up for the Easter Egg hunt. Let me know if you need any help. The family with adopted kids from Africa are coming. There will be 6 little ones just from their family. I hope that is okay.
all are welcome Africans, Mexicans, Swedes and Guatamalans and all in between or variations thereof This is a multicultural easter egg hunt even Canadians are welcome
Well, I loved the story and the easter egg hunt, but not enough children agreed to give up a few of their eggs to me. They don't realize that there is an Aunt Sigrid Tax on Easter Eggs and Halloween Candy.
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