Last Minute Preparations WHEN NUCLEAR WAR BEGINS:
Priority list - What you have to do!
Once upon a
mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to
become when they grew up. The first little tree looked up at the stars and
said: "I want to hold treasure. I want to be covered with gold and filled
with precious stones. I'll be the most beautiful treasure chest in the
world!" The second little tree looked out at the small stream trickling by
on its way to the ocean. "I want to be traveling mighty waters and
carrying powerful kings. I'll be the strongest ship in the world!" The
third little tree looked down into the valley below where busy men and
women worked in a busy town. "I don't want to leave the mountain top at
all. I want to grow so tall that when people stop to look at me, they'll
raise their eyes to heaven and think of God. I will be the tallest tree in
the world." Years passed and
the little trees grew tall. One day three woodcutters climbed the
mountain. The first woodcutter looked at the first tree and said, "This
tree is beautiful. It is perfect for me." With a swoop of his shining ax,
the first tree fell. "Now I shall be made into a beautiful chest, I shall
hold wonderful treasure!" the first tree said. The second woodcutter
looked at the second tree and said, "This tree is strong. It is perfect
for me." With a swoop of his shining ax, the second tree fell. "Now I
shall sail mighty waters!" thought the second tree. "I shall be a strong
ship for mighty kings!" The third tree felt her heart sink when the last
woodcutter looked her way. She stood straight and tall and pointed bravely
to heaven. But the woodcutter never even looked up. "Any kind of tree will
do for me." He muttered. With a swoop of his shining ax the third tree
fell. The first tree
rejoiced when the woodcutter brought her to a carpenter's shop. But the
carpenter fashioned the tree into a feed box for animals. The once
beautiful tree was not covered with gold, nor with treasure. She was
coated with sawdust and filled with hay for hungry farm animals. The
second tree smiled when the woodcutter took her to a shipyard, but no
mighty ship was made that day. Instead, the once strong tree was hammered
and sawed into a simple fishing boat. She was too small and too weak to
sail to an ocean, or even a river. Instead she was taken to a little lake.
The third tree was confused when the woodcutter cut her into strong beams
and left her in a lumberyard. "What happened?" The once tall tree
wondered. "All I ever wanted was to stay on the mountain top and point to
God..." Many, many days
and nights passed. The three trees nearly forgot their dreams. But one
night, golden starlight poured over the first tree as a young woman placed
her newborn baby in the feed box. "I wish I could make a cradle for him,"
her husband whispered. The mother squeezed his hand and smiled as the
starlight shone on the smooth and the sturdy wood. "This manger is
beautiful," she said. And suddenly the first tree knew he was holding the
greatest treasure in the world. One evening a
tired traveler and his friends crowded into the old fishing boat. The
traveler fell asleep as the second tree quietly sailed out into the lake.
Soon a thundering and thrashing storm arose. The little tree shuddered.
She knew she did not have the strength to carry so many passengers safely
through the wind and the rain. The tired man awakened. He stood up,
stretched out his hand and said, "Peace." The storm stopped as quickly as
it had begun. And suddenly the second tree knew he was carrying the King
of heaven and earth. One Friday
morning, the third tree was startled when her beams were yanked from the
forgotten woodpile. She flinched as she was carried through an angry
jeering crowd. She shuddered when soldiers nailed a man's hands to her.
She felt ugly and harsh and cruel. But on Sunday morning, when the sun
rose and the earth trembled with joy beneath her, the third tree knew that
God's love had changed everything. It had made the third tree strong. And
every time people thought of the third tree, they would think of
God. That was better
than being the tallest tree in the
world. 20 Again, When a righteous (LDS)
man doth
turn from his
righteousness, and commit
iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock
before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 21 Nevertheless if thou warn
the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not
sin, he shall surely live, because he is
warned; also
thou hast delivered thy soul." Ezekiel 3:19-21
"Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, (because they will not obey me) and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish. 22 Thus
saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the
north country, (Over the North Pole, from
Russia) and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the
earth. 23 They shall lay hold on bow and
spear; they are cruel, and have no
mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as
men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. 24 We have heard the fame
thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
25 Go not
forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of
the enemy and fear is on every side.
26 O daughter of my
people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee
mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
(And the Parowan Prophet says that millions will die. Because they will
not
listen.) Jeremiah 6: 21-26
You will all be surprised.
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