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We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet
Gordon B. Hinkley, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, died last night with his family at his side. I believe that he was a prophet of God and communicated with Him in a way no one else can. President Hinkley did so much to bring the church out of obscurity and to improve the world view of us. He dedicated his life to the church and spent the better part of the last 40 years in full time service to the church. He was the most humble man I can think of. He was not interested in creating a legacy for himself, he only cared about furthering the cause of Jesus Christ here on the earth. His vision for the church was truly inspired and his accomplishments on behalf of the church are staggering. He was the most traveled of all the prophets, which is not an easy feat for a 97 year old man. I loved his self-deprecating humor, it was so endearing. He missed his wife Marjorie so much after she died. I still remember listening to him speak once after her death and he said something like, "When I married her I married the girl of my dreams, and now she is the girl of my dreams again". I am happy for him that he is now with her again. He will be greatly missed by the church and he will be greatly missed by me. My tears at his passing are selfish, I know that he is happy. I loved President Hinkley so much, more than I love anyone else that I don't really know. He is part of the reason I returned to the Church. Any time my faith was low I could think of him or listen to him and my faith would be renewed. He was so faithful, so sure of the truthfulness of the gospel, so sincere. He was never self-serving, he always knew where the glory belonged and worked tirelessly to glorify Jesus Christ. I thank my Heavenly Father that I was blessed enough to live under the tutelage of Gordon B. Hinkley.
Gordon B. Hinkley, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, died last night with his family at his side. I believe that he was a prophet of God and communicated with Him in a way no one else can. President Hinkley did so much to bring the church out of obscurity and to improve the world view of us. He dedicated his life to the church and spent the better part of the last 40 years in full time service to the church. He was the most humble man I can think of. He was not interested in creating a legacy for himself, he only cared about furthering the cause of Jesus Christ here on the earth. His vision for the church was truly inspired and his accomplishments on behalf of the church are staggering. He was the most traveled of all the prophets, which is not an easy feat for a 97 year old man. I loved his self-deprecating humor, it was so endearing. He missed his wife Marjorie so much after she died. I still remember listening to him speak once after her death and he said something like, "When I married her I married the girl of my dreams, and now she is the girl of my dreams again". I am happy for him that he is now with her again. He will be greatly missed by the church and he will be greatly missed by me. My tears at his passing are selfish, I know that he is happy. I loved President Hinkley so much, more than I love anyone else that I don't really know. He is part of the reason I returned to the Church. Any time my faith was low I could think of him or listen to him and my faith would be renewed. He was so faithful, so sure of the truthfulness of the gospel, so sincere. He was never self-serving, he always knew where the glory belonged and worked tirelessly to glorify Jesus Christ. I thank my Heavenly Father that I was blessed enough to live under the tutelage of Gordon B. Hinkley.
4 comments:
indeed... very well-said. I will miss him for certain. He was truly a great man. Even Valerie cried briefly tonight when I finally told her.
Here in Pocatello, they have been interviewing people about President Hinckley passing on, and almost every single person has said how happy they are he can be with his wife again. How sweet is that when everyone knows how much he loved and missed her?
You put it so perfectly when you said your tears at his passing are selfish, because really, he has to be so incredibly happy right now. Something we all have to look forward to when it's our time.
I never knew the part he played in you coming back. Reading that actually made me cry a little, all over again. He really was such an incredible man. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I think about how much I love him, and how I wish my children could have known what it was like to have a Prophet like him, and it just makes me wonder if everyone in the past has thought something similar, each time a Prophet has died. All of them have been so influential in their own special ways, as I know President Monson will be also. I think we are all so fortunate to have been touched by the life of President Hinckley.
so i am a little late responding, but i have lived through a number of prophets, and i really, really loved president kimball, but i don't think we have ever been allowed to get to know a prophet like we have pres. hinckley. i remember watching him at some event, and he said he has no secrets. he said he felt like going out and doing something wrong so that only he knew about it. i don't know if we will ever get to know a prophet as well again. i hope so... it still makes me cry seeing his pictures and reading about him. i really, really miss him.
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