“Nearly one year ago, our daughter Alisa died. She had struggled
with cancer for almost eight years. We watched her condition deteriorate as she
came to the close of her mortal life. It was excruciating to see that happen to
our precious daughter. I thought my heart would break. Last year at Easter
time, a little over a month before she passed away, Alisa wrote: ‘Easter is a
reminder of all that I hope for myself. That someday I will be healed and
someday I will be whole. Someday I won’t have any metal or plastic inside of
me. Someday my heart will be free of fear and my mind free of anxieties. I am
not praying that this happens soon, but I am so glad I truly believe in a
beautiful afterlife.’ The Resurrection of Jesus Christ ensures the very things
Alisa hoped for and instills in each of us a reason for the hope that is in us.”
– Elder Paul V. Johnson
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