I listened this morning to the BYU devotional given by Elder Steven Snow on 9-11-12. He started his speech by giving this account of Francis Webster who said the following while sitting in a Sunday School class where members of the class were criticizing church leaders for allowing this handcart company to even start the trek.
"I ask you to stop this criticism. You are discussing a matter you
know nothing about. Cold historic facts mean nothing here for they
give no proper interpretation of the questions involved. Mistake to send
the Hand Cart Company out so late in the season? Yes. But I was in that
Company and my wife was in it. . . . I have looked back many times to see
who was pushing my cart but my eyes saw no one. I knew then that the
Angels of God were there.
Was I sorry that I chose to come by hand cart? No. Neither then
nor any minute of my life since. The price we paid to become acquainted
with God was a privilege to pay and I am thankful that I was privileged
to come in the Martin Hand Cart Company."
Elder Snow went on to discuss how we can use the obstacles in our lives as stepping stones or stumbling blocks. He also admonished that the following stumbling blocks be avoided: 1) Pride, 2) Negativity and Pessimism, and 3) Modern technology and social media addiction.
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