Paul Osborne: Right. The Lord is behind the whole thing. That is what I have been saying all along.
_______________ You have been taking lessons from John, haven't you! :-) On one occasion I watched visiting general authorities interview well into the evening looking for a new stake president. They finally found him, the 2nd counselor of a branch in a far-off corner of the stake. On another occasion, the visiting authority got up on Sunday morning and said he hadn't found the new stake president. A man who was out of town was called a week later. In bishopric meeting one morning, we selected a new Relief Society president. The bishop said he would call her during the day so she could be sustained right away. I conducted sacrament meeting that afternoon. When it was time to present the business, I asked the bishop how the call had gone. He said he had totally forgotten to visit with the sister. After sacrament meeting, we met again to review the list of names under consideration. We had left one name off the list. She was sustained the following week and served marvelously for many years. As a branch president conducting sacrament meeting, I once sustained the wrong person to be Sunday School president. He appeared startled when I presented his name, but after he thought about it for a few seconds, he raised his hand to sustain himself. When I sat down, my counselors pointed out that I had called someone else to that calling, not the man sustained. I met the other man as he returned from a business trip that evening, explained what had happened, and extended a different calling to him. He was relieved. He said he had been willing to serve and had accepted the Sunday School call, but thought he would do much better in the new calling. He did. And so did the man who was actually sustained. And then there are some of the callings I have had. The Lord does have a sense of humor. Larry Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
