Good things to come

So I watched a beautiful little 4 minute clip that MM sent me.

This really touched me.  I'll be honest, i get posts and links from friends on facebook or in emails all the time to really sweet, spiritual songs or videos....and i rarely watch them.  I guess I sometimes resent all that 'sweet, spiritual' Deseret Book style stuffs.  But also, those things really affect me every time. I've always been rather sensitive to the spirit. And I have no problem crying to things that are sentimental.

The video is about a man and his little family traveling to some other state. They have a long way to go and they find themselves on some remote desert road. And of course, their car breaks down. (why is it always on some abandoned road??)  Well, the papa walks the 3 miles into the local town. He finds this kind old soul (probably similiar to Alicia's grandpa as she describes so well).  The old guy manages to find them something to get the car rolling enough to drive into town. The mechanic gives it his diagnosis and apparently the car will survive.

The car breaks down a SECOND time in about the same spot and the humbled father has to trek back into town. So embarassing right?  (Reminds me of the time during senior prom that I rolled into the back of my date's uncle's car right after I dropped her off from the day activitiy. I had to go back to the house and knock on the door in front of all her cousins/uncles that I was stuck behind his car. On a steep hill, and I had an old beater manual transmission car)

The same routine. This time the old man tells him straight up, "You know, you'll probably make it to your destination, and probably your family too....but not in this car."

That was the first lesson for me.  We have to upgrade our cars every now and then.  The mechanic will always be available. He'll always jump out and fix it. Christ, the mechanic, always does. He just does. I don't need to explain any more than that.

The second lesson was from Jeffrey R Holland, I'll quote him here:

"Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead.” Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven. But for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come."

There you have it!! Don't quit. Keep walking. If the car you have keeps breaking down. Fix it. And take the time to get a new car. Good things WILL come. It is a science as far as I am concerned. It is a law irrevocably decreed in heaven. I will cling to that hope that I will receive all the blessings and good things God has promised if I don't quit and keep walking.


I was going to post some thoughts on perfection too. It was our lesson during priesthood.  President Snow had some real nuggets. But since i didn't pack my manual to work...I don't remember all the details.  The commandment remains....to be perfect.  And you know what, we can.  Maybe not here and now, but we can. We are meant to become such.  Pres. Snow says that even though we wont in this life, we still 'strive with all determination."  We can still become perfect in some things.  We can still become perfect in desires, intregity, determination, and willingness.

I believe that. It is a fundamental change of heart and attitude that we are after. THAT IS THE GOAL. The behavior will take care of itself when our hearts and attitudes have changed.