"Here is NOW and there is FOREVER....we are living for "now" and we are living so that we will be together forever."
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About 9 years ago I was in the young women's presidency in St. George. I loved this calling and I am so blessed to be in the young womens again. The young women and youth are so precious and to be around them has blessed my life so much. Each one of them {then and now} have touched my life in ways I could never imagine. A couple of days ago I heard that Kassie (one of the young woman from St. George)and her son were killed in a tragic car accident. My heart goes out to her family at this trying time. When things like this happen, it's a reminder of how quickly life can change. I don't question why, because I know that it's suppose to be. Nothing is by chance. Every person that comes into our lives no matter how short or how long isn't by chance. I am so grateful for the gospel and my testimony of Jesus Christ to know with out a doubt we can see our loved ones again. I am so grateful for the time "NOW" that I have to spend with my family and friends. I am more thankful that it can be "Forever".
“Death is not what some people imagine. It is only like going into another room. In that other room we shall find … the dear women and men and the sweet children we have loved and lost.” (God and My Neighbor, Chicago: Charles H. Kerr and Co.)
Thomas S. Monson said:
“God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” (Gen. 1:27.) To man was given dominion over every living thing. Earth became a proving ground, a testing station, a provider of needed experience.
"We laugh, we cry, we work, we play, we love, we live. And then we die. And dead we would remain but for one man and his mission, even Jesus of Nazareth. He was born in a stable, cradled in a manger. His birth fulfilled the inspired pronouncements of many prophets. He was taught from on high. He provided the life, the light, and the way. Multitudes followed him. Children adored him. The haughty rejected him. He spoke in parables. He taught by example. He lived a perfect life. Through his ministry, blind men saw, deaf men heard, and lame men walked. Even the dead returned to life."
