We found out about President Hinckley's passing Sunday night at 10:00 from my mother.
When I heard he had passed at 7:00 I immediately thought of what we were doing at that time. There was a great sense of peace as I remembered that right at 7:00, we headed up stairs to do our nightly hymn, scripture and prayer as a family. I thought that there would be nothing better to have been doing as a family at that time, and in a way felt that President Hinckley would have been pleased.
My initial feeling was sadness, but as many others, I thought of his reunion with his wife - so I said to Kyle, " I am so happy for him, because he is with his wife again.
One of the things, I've reflected on has been how the Saints must have felt when the Prophet Joseph Smith had died. President Hinckley has been the prophet of Kyle and I's spiritual maturity. We love him so much, we will miss him greatly.
Yesterday I was watching KBYU and they replayed a conference talk he gave in a previous conference. As I was going about doing whatever I was doing to take care of my three boys, I heard his voice speaking from the pulpit. His voice was so reassuring and familiar. I realized that I would greatly miss hearing him speak when conference comes around.
I am still really sad when I think of not having him as the prophet - but I know this is the Lord's true church and the work will go on. I loved what President Eyring said at the funeral. As he, I am just so grateful to have lived in a time to have heard the teachings of President Gordon B. Hinckley.
-Michele
Here are a couple of Youtube links that have been forwarded to me. They are worth watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
http://photo.byu.edu/video.php
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