I started the day with texting several people: Happy Easter! Christ is Risen--the best news ever:). And this is my declaration to all--the best news ever in this world is that Christ is alive again, and will be forever. Because He did what He promised to do, defeating Satan, and sin, and death, and illness, and all the bad this world has to offer, we will also live again forever in a far better state than what we experience here. I am grateful to know the wonderful Plan of Salvation, and to play a small part in helping in that work.
I talked with two of my daughters today, and exchanged text greetings with the third. I also was able to do two batches of indexing for the same year, 1864. The first batch was death records--mostly of children. The next batch I downloaded was some of the birth records for the same year. What struck me was that the majority of the children died. We are so blessed at this time not to lose so many of our children. I am grateful and hope by diligence in family history and temple work to give back in gratitude for that and so many other blessings.
At Music and the Spoken Word I received a special Easter gift! Not only were the music and the talk very touching, but for the actual broadcast the Tabernacle was so filled that I was allowed to go to my favorite place up close to the tympani and the monitor. The monitor was not as important today, because I knew most of the words to the hymns that were presented, but to be right close to the orchestra, and especially the tympani, was a tender mercy for sure.
After our Easter service I was blessed to go to Preach My Gospel with one of the sisters from my floor. The two elders who taught us were very enthusiastic about the Restoration of the Gospel, and did a good job presenting. My friend told of how she became fully converted to the Gospel, like Abish in The Book of Mormon, on account of a remarkable vision of her father. In this case her father had a near-death experience towards the end of his life, and he made some dramatic changes before he died. I relate to that because of an experience that my father had a short time before his death. I cannot say that my father's experience had anything to do with my conversion, because it happened 25 years after my prayer to give the gospel a chance, so I was solidly commited to the gospel from the time of my conversion. But each person's path is a little different--Heavenly Father loves our wondrous variety, for we are all His children, and He loves us!
This evening I spent reading the Preach My Gospel chapter on Christlike Attributes. Some that I need to work on a lot are Humility and Patience. This mission has particularly made me aware that I am still struggling with those attributes.
I am eagerly awaiting the call from my Sweetheart tonight--and in two more Sundays we will get to attend church together!
Again, Happy Easter! Christ is Risen--the best news ever!!!
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