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Last night, the president of our Church died.  He was 97 years old.  We esteem him as a prophet…just like Moses or Abraham of the Old Testament.  We believe in continuing revelation given to those in authority.  And we believe it continues in our day.  He was a leader that anyone could look up to.  He had spent his 97 years in service…to God, family, country, church, and the world.  He traveled the world like no one I had ever seen.  He lost his wife almost 4 years ago and often talked of his loneliness without her.  I am happy to think of their reunion.

Most recently his counsel has been about loving our "little ones"…

"If I may be pardoned for suggesting the obvious, I do so only because the obvious is not observed in so many instances. The obvious includes four imperatives with reference to children: (1) love them, (2) teach them, (3) respect them, and (4) pray with them and for them."

And also, he recently spoke on the need to be "slow to anger" and control our tempers.

"So many of us make a great fuss of matters of small consequence. We are so easily offended. Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way."

He will be greatly missed by our family.  We will miss his presence, his words, his example.

A new leader of our church will be chosen soon.  There is a structure, a pattern, and a precedent set for this process.  It will be a smooth transition…and for that I am thankful.