It is always interesting that when someone has a near death experience how one starts to re-evaluate their lives. Bob has certainly done that with his Kidney Cancer. He is completely cured, "cured of cancer before he knew it" he says. Yet, at the same time, in our Stake, a young father died of cancer leaving two teenage daughters. No one ever knows how much time we are given. Why would the Lord take this father and not my husband? Yet we are all allotted a gift of time. We just don't know how much time we have.
This gift of time is the first of three gifts God gives us. The second gift we are given is the gift of knowlege. Out of all the billions of people who have lived on the earth, we are given access to the knowlege of God and his mysteries through the scriptures in myriad of avenues. Scriptures are available in books, audio, electronic and equipment. The words of the prophet come to us by magazine, television, and closed circuit t.v. Revelation is pouring out to individuals who seek it, individually and in our temples. The third gift from God is Agency. How we use our time and our knowlege is our choice. Or even if we choose to seek the knowlege. I think it is good to re-evaluate how we use these three gifts because I am sure we will all be held accountabale for how we receive and use these gifts.
