Journey On

"Therefore, continue your journey, and let your hearts rejoice. For behold, and lo I am with you, even unto the end."
D&C 100:10

Persistence

"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not that the nature of the thing itself is changed, but that our power to do is increased."       Gospel Standards, p. 355

Positive View Point

Positive Attitude in the midst of destruction is worth working for..... "Reflections on Pearl Harbor" by Admiral Nimitz. Sunday, December 7th 1941 -- Admiral Nimitz was attending a concert in Washington DC He was paged and told there was a phone call for him. when he answered the phone, it was Pres. Roosevelt. he told Admiral Nimitz that he (Nimitz) would now be the commander of the pacific Fleet.

Admiral Nimitz flew to Hawaii to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. he landed at Pearl Harbor on Christmas Eve 1941. There was such a spirit of despair, dejection and defeat -- you would have thought the Japanese had already won the war.

On Christmas Day 1941 Adm. Nimitz was given a boat tour of the destruction wrought on Pearl Harbor. Big sunken battleships and navy vessels cluttered the waters everywhere you looked.


As the tour boat returned to dock, the young helmsman of the boat asked, "Well, Adm, what do you think after seeing all this destruction?"
Adm Nimitz's reply shocked everyone within the sound of his voice. Adm. Nimitz said, "The Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could ever make, or God was taking care of America. Which do you think it was?" Shocked and surprised, the young helmsman asked, "What do you mean?"
Adm Nimitz explained:
Mistake number one: the Japanese attacked on Sunday morning. Nine out of every ten crewmen of those ships were ashore on leave. if those same ships had been lured to sea and been sunk -- we would have lost 38,000 men instead of 3,800.
Mistake number two: when the Japanese saw all those battleships lined in a row, they got so carried away winking those battleships, they never once bombed our dry docks opposite those ships. if they had destroyed our dry docks, we would have had to tow everyone of those ships to America to be repaired. As it is now, the ships are in shallow water and can be raised. One tug can pull them over to the dry docks, and we can have them repaired and at sea by the time we could have towed them to America..and I already have crews ashore anxious to man those ships.
Mistake number three: every drop of fuel in the Pacific theater of war is on top of the ground in storage tanks five miles away over that hill. One attack plane could have strafed those tanks and destroyed our fuel supply. That's why I say the Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could make or God was taking care of America.

Anyway you look at it -- Adm Nimitz was able to see a silver lining in a situation and circumstance where everyone else saw only despair and defeatism. Pres. Roosevelt had chosen the right man for the right job.

There is a reason that our national motto is, "In God We Trust"

Even in death -- our motto should be "In God We Trust"

Son

Turn your face towards the sun and the shadows fall behind....

Happy Independence Day

"I believe with all my heart that standing up for America means standing up for the God who has so blessed our land. We need God's help to guide our nation through stormy seas. But we can't expect Him to protect America in a crisis if we just leave Him over on the shelf in our day-to-day living." -Ronald Reagan

I want to thank all those that have come before and that currently give their service to allow me to live, love, and be.

God's Love



Whenever I hear the song of a bird

or look at the blue, blue sky

Whenever I feel the rain on my face

or the wind as it rushes by

Whenever I touch a velvet rose

or walk by a lilac tree

I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world

Heavenly Father created for me.

He gave me my eyes that I might see

the color of butterfly wings

He gave me my ears that I might hear the magical sounds of things

He gave me my life, my mind, my heart

I thank Him reverently

for all His creations of which I'm apart

Yes, I know Heavenly Father loves me.

Yes, I know Heavenly Father loves me!!