Month: June 2025

I stumbled across an old journal entry yesterday and thought to use it this week. My Grand Daughter, who was 4 years old at the time of the journal entry, wanted to play with her dollhouse. It was in her bedroom, but she wanted it out in the living room by me, so that she could show me all the things it could do. She was gone for a few minutes, and I was busy doing some dumb thing. She came out looking very sad and showed me her hands and said, “They’re just too little. They are not big enough. They are not strong enough!” The look on her face matched her destressing words. I then realized that she was too little to carry the dollhouse by herself. I went in her room and saw her futile efforts. I carried the dollhouse into the living room, and we had a good time examining it’s possibilities.

Don’t we all get tired, and aren’t there times when we just can’t do it all ourselves? We really do need each other, in all sorts of ways. All of us might be able to say that we just aren’t strong enough, and that our hands are too small! I hope we are there for each other whenever any of us say that, and I hope we can feel the love when the job gets done because somebody helped us.

And then there are those times when our world falls apart, and even though friends or family try to comfort and help, we are still left broken, or hurt, or in despair–beyond the reach of any hands, except those of Jesus.

President Russell M. Nelson, prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has counseled¹ “Whatever questions or problems you have, the answer is always found in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Learn more about His Atonement, His love, His mercy, His doctrine, and His restored gospel of healing and progression. He will heal you from sadness and fear. He will heal you from the wounds of this world. Turn to Him! Follow Him!”

There is nothing like His power to apply comfort, understanding, or peace to us as we turn to Him in times of need. He knows us and loves us perfectly, and suffered in Gethsemane that he might know how to succor each of us. He descended below all things that he might be able to lift us up.

.¹ Conference Address. April 2023. Entire text can be found on churchofjesuschrist.org under conference messages, April 2023 “The Answer is Always Jesus.”

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Come away wee little laddie.
Lean your head upon my breast.
Come away with me to dreamland.
Close your eyes and take a rest.

Oh, wee lad, you are a treasure;
More than silver, more than gold.
You’re a gift sent straight from Heaven;
Ours to love and ours to hold.

May the stars that light the heavens
Sine their light throughout the night,
Stand a watch as you are sleeping,
‘Til the morning shines her light.

May the son¹ shine down upon you;
Keep you safe and keep you warm.
May our love abide forever;
Keep you far away from harm.

Oh, wee lad, you are a treasure;
More than silver, more than gold.
You’re a gift sent straight from Heaven;
Ours to love and ours to hold.

May you always know we love you,
Little Laddie, boy of mine!

Children and Grandchildren pay tribute to their fathers and grandfathers on Father’s Day, but, today we celebrate the blessing of family…parents, children, grandparents. This poem was written upon the birth of our last grandson as an expression of love, and also as expression of gratitude to our Father in Heaven for blessing us with another miraculous grandchild, and also a tender petition for him, and all of us, to be watched over and cared for.

As always, we love to hear you share your comments and experiences with us. Also, the best family document we know of can be found by typing in ‘Family Proclamation’ in the search bar of the following website: www.churchofjesuschrist.org, which also contains a mountain of life changing information.

1. Double meaning of coarse: Sun and Son of God, Jesus Christ
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Father's Day is a time when children show how much they care.
Through phone calls or visits from far away, or dinners we do share.
Father's Day is time to reflect on memories from the past-
Of Dad & Grandpas dear to us.  Good memories always last.

Now, I'm a Grandpa & a Father.  Each child has helped us grow.
With the help of my best friend, her love helps us to know
True P.E.A.C.E. ON E.A.R.T.H.* comes when we serve God's family.
Helping all souls love Jesus Christ, is the only perfect key.

So when I say, "I love you all", I include all living things-
From mountains high to desert low, where all creation sings.
Dearest ones, please hear God's songs so we may live together
Throughout all eternity, in Christ we live forever.

We're happiest when each of you are happy in your lives.
We pray each dawn & eve for each of you to find true P.E.A.C.E.* of mind.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

• P.E.A.C.E. (Paradise, Earth And Community Effort) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to reducing pollution. E.A.R.T.H.S FORCE (Earth Action Return To Health Service Force) is a branch of P.E.A.C.E. that utilizes the unemployed poor as a work force to develop local projects to restore the natural environment. More information is available at www.our-peace.org.

More information about how to connect to Jesus Christ can be found on www.churchofjesuschrist.org