Trees & Me

 During my morning personal prayers and scripture study,

 I continued to ponder the blessing of an encouraging

 email recently received from Bill Bartholomew.

(Bill is a long time friend and mentor in Hanover,

 Pennsylvania)

 It was then that my attention was directed to the

 December 2014 issues of the "Liahona" and "Ensign" 

magazines, particularly the "Lessons from the Sacred

 Grove" article by the late Elder Martin K. Jensen.

 Brother Jensen's four lessons, about how the 

Sacred Grove provides ecosystem lessons in life for 

each of us, was a refreshing reminder for me.

 This was especially so with his second lesson in

 that article: Trees as well as people require opposition

 in order to develop the full measure of our creation.

 And so it goes, not only for me, but for all of us.

Larry D. Kump, High Priest

Hedgesville, West Virginia Ward

Martinsburg, West Virginia Stake