Prophet

I'm sitting at my desk, listening to pretty songs and feeling melancholy.

I just heard that Gordon B. Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and prophet, seer and revelator, has passed away. My heart hurt to hear the news.

He was a truly great man, who loved serving the Lord and loved serving His children. He was old and had lived a good life, so it's not a bad thing for him to go. I will miss him, though.

I know that he was a prophet of the Lord. Though I never personally met him (but I had seen him in real life), he affected my life in a wonderful, positive way. I remember seeing him after the Birmingham temple was dedicated and we sang the hymn, "We Thank Thee, O God, For a Prophet." I remember seeing him at my freshman orientation at BYU. I remember seeing him at a devotional the Halloween before last. He was wearing a tie with pumpkins on it and joked about it. Every one of those times I saw him, I received a testimony in my heart that he truly was a prophet. That he received revelation from the Lord to guide us. I am so grateful that I could know that and I am so grateful that I was alive while he was the prophet.