LDS WHY

This past week my wife and I (Anthony) went to go see a show of forty small paintings of the Savior by LDS artist J. Kirk Richards.  Each portrait was a little different, and the artist intentionally left the paintings a little undone or “rough” (not too detailed), which gave an unclear or vague look to each piece.   On the drive home from the show my wife and I talked about how we imagine Jesus in our minds is sometimes a little unclear or fuzzy, and that each of us probably has a little different image in our mind of what the Savior looks like.  Who knows, perhaps the traditional way we paint him isn’t what he looks like at all.  Maybe the mortal redeemer was a little more Middle Eastern looking than we suppose, with darker skin and features.  Or, maybe he was fair and “ruddy,” or of reddish complexion and hair like Jesus’ forefather David (1 Samuel 17:42).  Who knows for sure?  But, what we do know is how we will feel when we see the Savior.  We will be overpowered by his love when we see him, not by how he looks.  Consider the following two stories:

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This past week Anthony and I gave a fireside to two stakes on the subject of WHY? As we prepared for this fireside, we talked about how one of our biggest regrets with the WHY book was that we did not have a chapter where we discussed WHY the Savior is so important in our lives.

Before continuing on with this post, you might want to check out this video. It is an Easter message from a living Apostle.

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