2-26-2010 ANOTHER PIECE OF PAPER

I'M NOT SURE WHEN I WROTE THIS SO IF YOU WRITE NOTES DATE THEM LIKE I DIDN'T.
AS I READ THE ENSIGN FOR MARCH [NO DATE AND WHO WOULD I LOOK FOR] ONE ARTICLE MADE ME STOP AND PONDER THE THINGS IN THAT ARTICLE. IT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD.
AS CLOTHS WERE WASHED AND HUNG ON THE LINE TO DRY THEY NEEDED TO BE HUNG NEAT. IN HEAVENLY FATHERS HOUSE THERE IS ORDER.

MY MOTHER RAISED A BIG GARDEN IN ORDER TO FEED DAD AND THEIR EIGHT CHILDREN. SHE TOOK ME OUT WITH HER AS SOON AS I WAS BIG ENOUGH TO NOT TROMP ON THE ROWS OF GROWING PLANTS. THERE I WAS TAUGHT MANY THINGS SUCH AS THIS IS A WEED BUT THAT IS CARROTTS, BEANS, CUCUMBERS, CORN AND SO ON. AS I LEARNED THOSE DIFFERENCES I ALSO LEARNED ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND ME. IF THE WEATHER COOPERATED WE COULD SEE THE TETON PEAKS DAILY. I LEARNED OF THEIR MAJESTY AND BEAUTY IN THOSE HOURS SPENT OUT WITH MY MOTHER. I WAS TAUGHT THAT THOSE THINGS CAME FROM HEAVENLY FATHER AS DO SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE PRECIOUS AND GOOD.

I WAS TAUGHT HOW TO WORK AND KNEW FROM A YOUNG AGE THAT IDELNESS IS FROM THE DEVIL'S WORK SHOP.
MANY TIMES I WATCHED AS MY MOTHER PREPARED TO GO VISITING TEACHING OR ANY OTHER OF HER CHURCH SERVICE. SHE TOOK TIME TO STUDY THE LESSON AND PREPARE. SHE ALSO WOULD HEAT WATER FOR A BATH IN THE OLD TIN TUB. THEN HER CLOTHS WERE CLEAN AS SHE WAS DOING THE WORK OF THE LORD AND NEEDED TO BE PREPARED TO DO HIS WORK AND CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS.