in His hands

Wonderful thing, Thursday 9 April:

Have you seen "Because He Lives"? http://www.mormon.org/easter

Wow.  If you scroll down, it says, "Why does Jesus Christ matter today?" and then there's a bar to click that say "Read more", which leads to twelve fundamental beliefs of the Church, many of which include a short video.  I've watched a couple of them and am very impressed.

Soon, they'll be translated into Italian.  Blaine and I went out "on the street" Monday, which is also a holiday here, called Pasquetta, or Easter Monday.  We handed out about 40 passalong cards with the Italian version of "Because He Lives", called "Perche' Egli Vive".  A few refused to accept one or to talk to us, but most were willing to accept the card and to hear a brief explanation.

Maybe it was because Easter was still in the air.  Maybe it was because people are searching.  Something is in the air.  Something big is happening.  I think people are catching on to it.  Things are tough, here as everywhere - perhaps more here than in other places - but I was just reminded when I read D&C 121-123, preparing for this week's Institute lesson, that God "control[s] and subject[s] the devil and [his] dark and benighted dominion..."  and that "their bounds are set, they cannot pass."

That's good enough for me.  If I can't see any further than that, I know He can.   D&C 50: 40-42 remind us that,  "ye are little children and ye cannot bear all things now; ye must grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth.  Fear not, little children, for you are mine, and I have overcome the world, and you are of them that my Father hath given me;  And none of them that my Father hath given me shall be lost."

Reminds me of that good ol' Leslie Uggams song I first heard on the Lawrence Welk show eons ago, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands."  

He does, indeed.  Hallelujah.

fun thing:

We found a passalong card on the ground on our way home, so we picked it up, brushed it off, and sent it on another mission.