Faith Matters

I have a wonderful friend who is recovering from a double cancer surgery. On the same day that she found out she had renal cancer and would have her kidney removed, the doctors told her that a suspicious lump on her mammogram was most assuredly cancer. Marge looks at this double diagnosis as a blessing. She is sure that finding two kinds of cancer at the same time was what got her the best care in the world at the Huntsman Cancer Center. I thought she was probably in denial when she was actually facing her trial with faith and confidence that she was in the Lord's hands, and He knew what she needed. There she was, wrapped in a pink scarf honoring breast-cancer awareness, and ready to teach Sharing Time! Faith matters.

Today was the last of almost three years as Primary president. The last Sharing Time. The last of all those funny little things I learned from Sunbeams and all the profound concepts I learned while teaching the children of our ward. This year's theme is "I Know the Scriptures Are True." Today's lesson in sharing time was "Joseph Smith is the prophet of the Restoration." I am so grateful for the true and restored Gospel of Jesus Christ! I love the children and will miss teaching them, but the inspired Primary program will go on teaching children 18 months to 12 years old (and the adults who are called to teach and lead).