| If You Love Them Leave Them. If you love them leave them; reads the poster on the wall. Depicting caring grandparents as they open up the call. Surrounded by loving family, excited for the day, That Grandma and Grandpa on a mission make their way. If you love them leave them; counsel from the prophets come. Stating that a senior mission is best for everyone. As we do God's work as asked and serve with full resolve, Then he will bless the family all, and any problems solve. He loved them and he left them; Adam and Eve at the Garden wall, to work out their salvation and to pave the path for all. His ways are not man's ways and we often fail to see the wisdom in His counsel, requiring faith by you and me. He loved Him and he left Him; the Savior on the cross Sustaining agency for all so that the plan was not a loss. We too must walk the path alone back to our heavenly home. Knowing that the way was made as for our sins he did atone. He loved him and he left him, Joseph in the Carthage Jail. Knowing well the man and sure he would not fail to put in place the keystone of the great eternal plan, providing temple blessings for each and every man. If you love them leave them; counsel hard for all to take. But if Saints we are or would become, its required for all to make sacrafices that in fact become blessings in disguise. God's ways are not man's ways; you see His ways are wise. If you love them leave them; reads the poster in the hall. Placed outside the Bishop's room; a message to us all. May we this day, consider each our faith to do His work, And do those things that he requires and not our duty shirk. We love them thus we leave them; family gathered round us here. Trusting in the Lord to do the things that we would do if near. As we go to do his errand and to help the work proceed. We know that He will be right here whenever there's need. For He loves us and he leaves us free, each one to decide. And as we decide wisely, He will walk right by our side. A paradox in life you see as only God can do He let's us have our cake and then we get to eat it too. Vern T. May |
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