Honoring President Packer

I loved President Packer for many reasons but the one that stands out to me is the fact that he told it how it was!!  He was not afraid to speak the truth.  He was not afraid to say what he knew to be right!!  And in today's world we need more of that!!

He was always striving to improve! He spoke of the living Apostles, including himself, as "ordinary people" who might wonder why they should be called to this holy office.  "There are many qualifications that I lack.  There is so much in my effort to serve that is wanting.  There is only one single thing, one qualification that can explain it.  Like Peter and all of those who have since been ordained, I have that witness."  "I know that God is our Father.  He introduced His Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith.  I declare to you that I know that Jesus is the Christ.  I know that He lives...He made His Atonement.  Of Him I bear witness."

"It had become critically important," he remembered, "to establish this intention between me and the Lord so that I knew that He knew which way I had committed my agency.  I went before Him and said, 'I'm not neutral, and you can do with me what you want.  If you need my vote, it's there.  I don't care what you do with me because I give it to you---everything, all I own, all I am.'"

Those who loved and honored Boyd K. Packer will have every confidence that the Lord has accepted his offering, an offering magnified through a lifetime of sacred service....