Resolution

Today in Sacrament Meeting a there was this talk that I totally agree with. The topic was being thankful for our blessings. The delivery was wonderful and I could feel the truth of the message wash over me. This is what was said: We should thank God for all our blessings even the trials that we go through. Every day we should thank God that we have trials. We should thank God for everything. The decendents of the Pilgrims would put 5 kernals of corn by each plate on Thanksgiving as a reminder of what happened that first winter. Everyone was rationed 5 kernals of corn a day. Most of the Pilgrims ended up in the grave yard on the hill but some survived to celebrate the feast of Thanksgiving. They were able to thank God for their blessings. We have plenty and are very blessed and I thank God for all my blessings.

I was speaking with one of the temple coordinators last night and she was telling me the other side of the story about the LA temple. On the Thursday after this election when Proposition 8 passed in California many people congregated outside the LA temple to protest the involvement of church members in the resolution. Those who were in the temple were unable to leave because the gates were blocked and others were unable to go in. The temple president called Salt Lake to find out what should be done. Those patrons who were inside were organized to do ordinance work. During that day there were over 2,000 ordinances done inside the temple by those inside. That is an amazing amount of work. The Lord blesses his people even in times of trial and many times what has been a great trial turns out to be a blessing.