Simple Truths

One of the blessings of age is the perspective that comes with the journey here on earth. We’ve noticed that even though age often brings challenges, some things become simpler, less complicated because we come to know what’s really important.

For us, it’s come down to family and faith in Jesus Christ. That’s pretty simple. If we center our lives on faith in Jesus Christ and family, everything else will fall into place.

We’ve noticed this focus on the basics as we listen to wise men and women who are well along the path here on earth. Boyd Packer, a modern-day apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, says, “I wish to share with you those truths which are the most worth knowing, the things that I have learned and experienced in nearly 90 years of life.”

“Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering. These, joined with fasting and scripture study, will invite impressions and revelations and the whisperings of the Holy Spirit. This provides us with instruction from on high as we learn precept upon precept.”

It’s this instruction from on high that helps us realize what’s most important in this life.

“After all the years that I have lived and taught and served, after the millions of miles I have traveled around the world, with all that I have experienced" -  Boyd Packer shares what he considers the greatest truths:

“God lives. He is our Father. We are His children.... Parenthood is a sacred privilege."

“The Holy Ghost is real.”

Jesus Christ is the Son of God. “He is He who was slain and He who liveth again. He is our Advocate with the Father…. He is the anchor that holds us and protects us and our families through the storms of life…The Savior lives.”

To this we say “amen.”