FHE: Gratitude

Excerpts from a lesson in the L.D.S. Living Magazine.

Conference Talk: "Finding Joy in the Journey," by Thomas S. Monson has more information on this topic.

What did Alma and his people remember to do after being delivered from bondage? Read Mosiah 24:21-22.
Why is is important to show gratitude? See D&C 59:21

Ask each family member to suggest a way to show more gratitude in your family and to Heavenly Father for your blessings.

Story:

A rancher in Kamas, at the base of Utah's Uinta mountains, decided he wanted to sell his ranch. He hired a real estate agent, who came out to inspect his property and write up an ad.

Later the realtor called the rancher to go over the ad copy with him before placing it in the paper. "For sale." read the realtor, "Picturesque white frame ranch house with white picket fence and eighty acres of rich farmland in the middle of beautiful Kamas Valley. Clear streams of mountain water flow nearby, well stocked with rainbow trout. House faces rugged mountain peaks and is located in a small, friendly farming community with good schools and a new church."

"Stop!" said the rancher. "The deal's off! This is the kind of place I've wanted all my life!"

(Richard Nash, Lengthen Your Smile, [Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain, 1996], 205)

Lesson on gratitude for what we have, for the service of others, and to our God.