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Give Thanks For All Things
Give Thanks For All Things
Nuts/Seeds: Promise of future harvest only obtained if we plant and nourish with diligence and faith.
M&Ms: Memories of those who came before and lead us to a blessed future.
Hersheys Kiss: The love of family and friends that sweetens our lives.
The food was blessed, and everyone ate. When dinner was over, they all sat quietly. Of that experience
Gordon said:
In the humble dimness of the old lamp we were beginning to see clearly again.
It [was] a lovely meal. The jack rabbit tasted like turkey and the turnips were the mildest we could recall.
[Our] home , for all its want, was so rich [to] us.
Questions: 1. What did Gordon's Father do with his family to help them learn to be
thankful?
2. In Gordon's most memorable Thanksgiving, he said that in the " In the
humble dimness of
the old lamp we were beginning to see clearly
again". What did he mean by that? What
could Gordon's family
now see that they had somehow missed before?
Ponderize
Ponderize
-D&C 78:19
-D&C 78:19
Ponderize
Ponderize
And he who receiveth
And he who
all receiveth
things with
all things with
thankfulnessthankfulness
shall be made
shall be made
glorious; andglorious;
the things
and
of the
thisthings
earth of this earth
shall be added
shall
unto
behim,
added
even
unto
anhim, even an
hundred fold,hundred
yea more.
fold, yea more.
-D&C 78:19 -D&C 78:19
Ponderize
Ponderize
And he who receiveth
And he who
all receiveth
things with
all things with
thankfulnessthankfulness
shall be made
shall be made
glorious; andglorious;
the things
and
of the
thisthings
earth of this earth
shall be added
shall
unto
behim,
added
even
unto
anhim, even an
hundred fold,hundred
yea more.
fold, yea more.
-D&C 78:19 -D&C 78:19