Prophetic Warnings

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[Seminary-Notes] ==================================== FOR YOUR INFORMATION... ==================================== It was still dark as I drove to work yesterday morning on highway I-395 in northern Virginia. As I passed the Pentagon on my left, the traffic abruptly came to a halt. The freeway bends north there in order to cross the Potomac River into the District of Columbia. There was no apparent cause for the traffic jam that I found myself in. After a few minutes of creeping along, I could see several flashing yellow lights and orange traffic cones in the distance that were causing drivers in the left lane, like I was, to move into the next lane. When I reached the flashing lights, I could now see that recent rains and a clogged freeway drain had created a small lake in the left lane about 30 yards long and almost two feet deep. Without the flashing lights and traffic cones, drivers like myself would have hit the black water while traveling at full speed and lost control of our vehicles. Fortunately, someone who knew that the hazard was there had taken the time to place the flashing lights at just the right time in just the right place. It caused me to think that President Hinckley is currently serving the same function as those flashing lights, and our local church leaders provide additional assistance like the smaller, but well-placed, traffic cones. The Lord knows there are hazards in life that we cannot see so he positions His living prophet and local leaders to warn us of their presence. If we are wise, we will listen and obey. The Old Testament teaches this lesson from the beginning of Genesis through the closing pages of Malachi, and we have the wonderful opportunity to share those lessons with our students. "Today I join you in sustaining President Gordon B. Hinckley as prophet, seer, and revelator, and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The prophets of old taught well the importance of listening to the voice of prophets." (Elder Robert D. Hales, Ensign, May 1995.) "How deeply grateful I am for the inspired leadership of our dear President Gordon B. Hinckley, the prophet of God in our time, and his noble counselors." (Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Ensign, May 2006.) Best wishes, Ken www.KenAlford.com ScriptureMastery@KenAlford.com