Last week we were privileged to be in the Salt Lake temple
as our niece and her husband were sealed to their adopted daughter. The man who
performed the ceremony spoke of the prophets and apostles who were present at the
Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 16 and 17) and also during the early days of
the restoration of the Lord’s church (D&C 110) to bestow “the keys of the
kingdom of heaven.” Among these were Moses and Elijah, two translated beings.
Sometimes things I hear in the temple color my thoughts for days to come. I
read in 1 Kings 19 that Elijah was tired of living and asked to be allowed to
die. He slept and was visited by an angel who fed him – twice. This gave him
strength for a 40-day journey, and presumably he didn’t ask for death again. Never
underestimate the power of a nap and a good meal.
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