The Best Sunday Ever !!!!
THE BEST SUNDAY EVER !!! That was what one of our "younger" members of our LDS Ward (church) said today, as hundreds of people and almost as many trucks, shovels, rakes and chain saws hauled away a massive amount of post storm debris from our neighborhood, the entire Mueller Park LDS Stake, and many other areas in Davis County. Following a hurricane-like storm last Wednesday night and Thursday morning, with winds up to 100 miles an hour in some areas, some people have spent every waking hour cutting down trees and piling the limbs on the curb. The city of 
Bountiful said that if it was placed out on the side of the street they would come by and haul it away. Then came the pronouncement Saturday night that we may be in for another forceful storm tonight. The Priesthood Quorum leaders met early Sunday morning at our church Stake Center and decided that church would be short, at least in the official sense, and that before and after meetings we were to go out and "bring it all in." Another call for rescue. So to church we went, some in suits and ties and others in jeans and work clothes. What a great site and a wonderful meeting. One young man 
said that it was the perfect beginning to the Christmas Season. Some smelt of pine and I am sure others had different odors, but not one would have noticed, as the spirit of gratitude and service was everywhere. After the meeting everyone went to work, young and old, rich and poorer, abled and some a little disabled. Some could cut down trees, others could rake and pick up needles and dirt, some lifted and hauled away broken fences. Someone on the radio said yesterday, that many fences were brought down, and it wasn't just the wooden ones.I think that was true in our neighborhood also. Big 
trucks and front-end loaders dug up and carted off huge stumps and giant logs. Who knew there were lumbermen among us! Some even baked cookies and brought around hot chocolate. Everyone could do something. It was also said today, that the trees that came down were all shallow-rooted trees, mostly pine. I had similar thoughts the past few days. It speaks to where we need our roots to be ... firmly planted and running deep. Service helps anchor our roots and so does a testimony Sunday, a day of physical work. shared with neighbors and friends under crisp blue-grey skies. The shepherds had tended the flock, I am sure there were a few new stars in the skies and I know the magi had both given and received gifts. It is Sunday, the Sabbath, and the storms may rage around us, but we will pull together and together make it through today and any day that we need to. That's what brothers and sisters, children of a loving Father in Heaven do! My insides are smiling bigger than my outsides, but all of me is warm. Service warms us and brings peace to our souls, and this certainly was one of the BEST SUNDAYS EVER. This I Believe! Merry Christmas ...
THE BEST SUNDAY EVER !!! That was what one of our "younger" members of our LDS Ward (church) said today, as hundreds of people and almost as many trucks, shovels, rakes and chain saws hauled away a massive amount of post storm debris from our neighborhood, the entire Mueller Park LDS Stake, and many other areas in Davis County. Following a hurricane-like storm last Wednesday night and Thursday morning, with winds up to 100 miles an hour in some areas, some people have spent every waking hour cutting down trees and piling the limbs on the curb. The city of 
Bountiful said that if it was placed out on the side of the street they would come by and haul it away. Then came the pronouncement Saturday night that we may be in for another forceful storm tonight. The Priesthood Quorum leaders met early Sunday morning at our church Stake Center and decided that church would be short, at least in the official sense, and that before and after meetings we were to go out and "bring it all in." Another call for rescue. So to church we went, some in suits and ties and others in jeans and work clothes. What a great site and a wonderful meeting. One young man 
said that it was the perfect beginning to the Christmas Season. Some smelt of pine and I am sure others had different odors, but not one would have noticed, as the spirit of gratitude and service was everywhere. After the meeting everyone went to work, young and old, rich and poorer, abled and some a little disabled. Some could cut down trees, others could rake and pick up needles and dirt, some lifted and hauled away broken fences. Someone on the radio said yesterday, that many fences were brought down, and it wasn't just the wooden ones.I think that was true in our neighborhood also. Big 
trucks and front-end loaders dug up and carted off huge stumps and giant logs. Who knew there were lumbermen among us! Some even baked cookies and brought around hot chocolate. Everyone could do something. It was also said today, that the trees that came down were all shallow-rooted trees, mostly pine. I had similar thoughts the past few days. It speaks to where we need our roots to be ... firmly planted and running deep. Service helps anchor our roots and so does a testimony Sunday, a day of physical work. shared with neighbors and friends under crisp blue-grey skies. The shepherds had tended the flock, I am sure there were a few new stars in the skies and I know the magi had both given and received gifts. It is Sunday, the Sabbath, and the storms may rage around us, but we will pull together and together make it through today and any day that we need to. That's what brothers and sisters, children of a loving Father in Heaven do! My insides are smiling bigger than my outsides, but all of me is warm. Service warms us and brings peace to our souls, and this certainly was one of the BEST SUNDAYS EVER. This I Believe! Merry Christmas ...
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