The wise man built his house...

Dear family,

If I hurry, I might get enough sleep to actually wake up when Nathaniel calls LOUDLY for me in the middle of the night.  That would be a good, fatherly thing to do, don't you think?

Love,

Dad

Monday, March 22, 2021
10:05 pm

I didn't get enough sleep last night, and have had a headache most of the day.  Not sure if it is lack of sleep or a cold or (heaven forbit) if I picked up COVID.  But I thoroughly enjoyed a delicious dinner tonight, so I know I haven't lost my sense of taste or smell.

FHE tonight was good.  Neil did a good lesson on building our lives on the foundation of Jesus Christ.  He used Helaman 5:12 and did an object lesson with a paper house built on wooden blocks and another paper house built on sand.  When he added water, one house fared much better than the other.  He did a good job with it.

I enjoyed visiting with Mark today during lunch.  He's a great young man, receptive to the teachings of the Holy Ghost, and willing to work.  So admirable.

Yesterday in sacrament meeting the Zabriskie's spoke.  They did a great job.  A couple highlights:

Grant: As a young performing missionary in Nauvoo he felt the influence of the Holy Ghost very strongly early in his experience.  As time went on, that intensity diminished.  He worried that he was doing something wrong, and prayed intently about it.  Finally one day he received a clear prompting (described as a spiritual 2x4 across the head) telling him to stop praying that he would feel the Spirit, and start praying that the audience we feel the Spirit.

Bri: We have a belief in the Church that "God won't give you anything you can't handle."  She rejects that as a false tradition.  God routinely gives us things we can't handle, precisely so we will turn to the Savior and rely on his grace.  If we could do everything in this life on our own, we wouldn't need a Savior.  But we do need him, so God reminds us of that.

More later…

Tonight's FHE lesson: