Posted by:
cricket
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Date: November 25, 2010 07:23PM
As a prophet, I am present at many predicaments.
Recently I was asked by a funeral director to pray for and dedicate the final resting spot at a grave side service for
an elderly widow who had no money, no children, no siblings or other surviving loved ones, so the service was to be at paupers cemetery on the West side of the Salt Lake Valley.
As I was not familiar with the West Side at all, I got lost.
I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral director had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight.
There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late.
I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn't know what else to do, so I sought inspiration from that Wise One above and started to play.
The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I prayed out my heart and soul for this widow woman with no funds, family and friends. I prayed like I've never played before for this sweet sister.
And as I prayed fervently as even, young Joseph Smith prayed in the Sacred Grove, the workers began to weep. They wept, I
wept, we all wept together.
When I finished I packed up my scriptures and started for my car. Though my head hung low my heart was full.
As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, " I never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."
And Jesus wept for laughing out loud at His silly servant.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/25/2010 07:26PM by cricket.