Testimonies 2

Today I succumbed to watching the Oprah show. I know, I know, just after I complained of how she is the devil. I only watched it for one reason. I watched it because the Osmonds were on it. Now like most of you I wouldn't have normally been swayed so easily by the Osmonds, but I did have a reason to be interested. A few years ago I actually went on a date with Alan Osmonds third son Nathan Osmond. They said that it was going to be all of the descendants of George Osmond so I had to see if he would be on with kids and a wife. He was on, but I don't know about any kids or a wife.

I do have to say for having a prior disdain towards the Osmonds and my perceptions of their arrogance and tendency to be very fake I was surprised. Maybe it was the spirit of their humble father guiding them or maybe it was the sorrow of losing someone they loved, but I saw a different side to them. I was very impressed with Marie as she boldly yet humbly bore her testimony of the truth of eternal families and then testified of the feelings of the spirit of God. At that point I no longer saw a woman of arrogance and show biz but rather a sister in the gospel using her talents to spread the gospel message.

I think back to the time when I asked Nathan to a institute dance and how I had made a big deal about dating an Osmond and all the implications that would come if a second and third date were to come. As I watched the family I realized that when you take away the show business all you have left is an eternal family. There are women (many of them) who have come into that family and these women have come to know these stars as Uncle Donny, Aunt Marie, Uncle Merrill, Uncle Jay and so on. It's very nice to see that when you strip us all down to the core we are all left as brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of a loving Heavenly Father.

Wouldn't it be nice if we all, from Saddam Hussein to Barbara Walters to Carrie Underwood, knew that sweet and simple truth. I am grateful to realize that when it is all said and done that we are all just human beings trying to make our way in this life's test, and our ultimate goal whether we remember it or not is to gain a physical body and make it back to live with our gentle loving Heavenly Father.