Each week I think about what story I want to tell. There are so many stories to tell. I usually settle on a few and then I begin to write. But even though all the stories are worthy of being told, if I choose the wrong story to tell - it doesn't work. The words just don't fit together. So, I begin again with the "other" story I was thinking of and it works.
In honor of the upcoming General Conference this week, I wanted to share a spiritual story. The one that came to my mind is about Uncle Bert. Uncle Bert as he was known was actually born Thomas Alberto Huff. He married into the Tuck family when he married Rosa Tuck on 3 April 1918 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Bert had struggled with his spirituality, so as Rosa said, " He wasn't ready for a recommend." So, Bert and Rosa missed the opportunity to be sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. An opportunity Rosa would have appreciated.
But time and the powers of heaven were on Rosa's side. I am sure that many times over the years of their life together that Rosa petitioned Heavenly Father in behalf of her husband - hoping that someday he would find his God and thus find himself worthy to enter His holy temple. As stated in the Book of Enos, "I prayed unto him with many long strugglings...After I had prayed and labored with all diligence, the Lord said unto me: I will grant unto thee according to thy desires because of thy faith.
One morning there was a heavenly messenger waiting for Bert to wake up. As Bert got out of bed and headed to the bathroom he heard a voice that said, "Get your endowments." It was a simple but powerful message meant just for Bert that cut straight to his heart. It was a message that could not be denied.
The heavenly messenger was successful because from that time on Bert began to attend church and his Priesthood meetings. It wasn't long before he qualified himself to be ordained an Elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood. On December 5, 1964, at the age of 80 years old, Bert was now able to walk through the doors of the Idaho Falls Temple and be sealed to his wife Rosa and two of their daughters - Nell and Rosa Lorraine.
As Elder Holland once said in this talk found here "But I testify that angels are still sent to help us, even as they were sent to help Adam and Eve, to help the prophets, and indeed to help the Savior of the world Himself.
I have never heard that story what a great one. Thanks for sharing it. Like your blog too.
ReplyDeleteI knew Uncle Bert. He was quit the character. He ate dinner with his false teeth in his pocket. He was known in Pocatello as the old man that walked every day. He would walk from his home all through downtown and back home. My people knew who he was.
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