Comfort from the Gospel

**I had originally posted this on Feb. 12, however, since I am new to this blogging thing, I accidently deleted it. I am reposting it.

Today has been an interesting day of deep thoughts. There were two occurrences today that has made me think of how grateful I am for my knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am blessed to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

First, there was an accident on the luge run of an athlete from the Republic of Georgia. He was practicing for the Winter Olympics of 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. He later died of his injuries. Second, the funerals for the two Romanian missionaries who died on Jan. 30 were held today. One in Utah and

the other in Nevada.

How sad I felt that the Olympics would start on such a sad note with the loss of a great athlete. For the greatly anticipated event to be held the next couple of weeks, there was a n

ote of heavy heart. A young man who worked and practiced to be good enough to enter the Olympics, life was too short. My hope is that when he was "ejected" by his sled on the run, that his pain was not long. For the two missionaries, they died in their sleep from carbon monoxide poisoning and didn't wake to any pain.

I hope and pray for the families of these three young men. I pray that each will be honored in a deserving way. How lucky I feel to have the knowledge of eternal life and the resurrection. I know that Jesus Christ died for all of us so that we might live again.

No time like the present!

I set up this blog so many months ago. However, I never have done anything else to it! Maybe because I wasn't sure if I understood how to proceed. Any way, no time like the present to get started.

My daughter, Elizabeth, got engaged about a month ago and it blows my mind that she is old enough to get married! Actually, child #5, Katie, had her 18th birthday last Friday. Is it possible that I have five adult children now? No way! I'm not that old, really?

Any way, the wedding plans are moving forward and some things are starting to fall into place. We have a place to hold a reception, wedding dress, photographers, florist, caterer, musicians, as well as a few other little details working themselves out. It will be a beautiful day no matter what all these "things" are. The most important part of the

day is the sealing in the Oakland LDS temple of Elizabeth Wheelwright and David Whitaker. I am excited that Elizabeth has found a companion that she wants to spend eternity with.