CLURT

Someone else came and told me about a talk my Dad had given about "CLURT". I thought about it this morning as I sat preparing my Seminary lesson for Thursday.

Jesus reasoned with the Pharisees in Matthew Chapter 12.
In Isaiah 1:18 he says "Come now, and let us reason together..."
In Doctrine and Covenants 50:10 "And now come, saith the Lord, by the Spirit,... and let us reason together, that ye may understand;"

So CLURT stands for "Come, Let Us Reason Together..."
I try and remember that - expecially when my temper starts to rise above thee out of ten... And I think of my Dad at the same time. I would like to have heard the whole talk!

So What?!

Andre Brummer came to me once and recounted some of a talk my Dad gave once.

"The thing that struck me" said Andre "was his statement 'So What.' So what if you made a million? So what if you made the front page of the newspaper? What do you say about yourself?What will your wife and your children say about you? What will the Lord say about you? THAT is what really matters!"

Poem - Reflections

I found this poem by an unknown author in my Dad's papers today - in the box containing notes from seminars he attended as a patriarch.

Reflections

God gave me twelve full months of time,

Another year to use as mine.

But I was blind and could not see

The value of this gift to me.

Through Spring's awakening I lay mute,

The Summertime bore me no fruit.

The pageant passed that was the Fall,

Then suddenly I saw it all.

My year had died, God called it home.

I held it's ashes, tenderly, alone.

If God would grant this gift to me once more,

Another year to me restore,

I pledge my heart and hands to Thee,

Of service to humanity.

Not by some deed of great display,

Just in a quiet, humble way.

Hmmm... Good words for all of us.