February 2, 2008 ~ Today has been a sad but wonderful day. I was able to sit with Will and Jenni and watch the funeral services for our dearly beloved President Hinckley. He was an outstanding Prophet who has inspired us for many years. I often think about a comment he made several years ago and after many years of service in the First Presidency. It was during one of his Conference talks when he said he would love to sit in the rocker on his front porch and watch the sunsets as he rocked, but that the Lord had called him to a work of service and that is what he would commit himself to do. I can sometimes relate to a wishing for a few hours of rocking on the porch and although I rock much more than President Hinckley ever did, I admire his desire and his willingness to put off the restful, maybe selfish things in life to serve the Church and the members of it with wholeness of strength. We will miss him dearly and remember him always.
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