![]() People in his stories are focused on him. He is the hero (or at least the center) of all his stories, from rafting to flaming aircraft. Doesn't seem to experience any embarrassment or discomfort with the big to-do all centered on him. Constant need for praise, self-focused - Throws his own giant birthday party at the conference center.Constantly saying how whatever he says is "pure truth" or "always the truth." No hesitation calling previous prophets' efforts to make Mormon a good thing, "a victory for Satan." Touted his superior "ability to receive revelation" in his proposal to Wendy. Grandiosity, Arrogance - He's never wrong, he's always right.Nelson, 2009, Chapter 2, Set in Order Thy House (pp 10-11) Instead, if he will lovingly cling to the Savior and the iron rod of the gospel, his family will want to cling to him and to the Savior. As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife and to his children may not be the best way to accomplish his objective. We crossed those steep, rough rapids - hanging on for dear life - and all of us made it safely.īrothers and Sisters, I nearly lost my life learning a lesson that I now give to you. Put your arms around me, and hold me tightly while I hold the rope." But you will need to hold on to your daddy. I turned to our little seven-year-old daughter and said, "All of the others will cling to a rope. Even if the raft should capsize, we will be all right if we hang tightly to the ropes." If we cling with all our might to ropes secured to the raft, we can make it. I reasoned with our family: "No matter what happens, the rubber raft will remain on top of the water. When I saw what was ahead, I immediately asked to beach the raft and hold an emergency family council, knowing that if we were to survive this experience, we needed to plan carefully. Then came the last day, when we were to go over Lava Falls, known as the most dangerous drop in the journey. The next several days were pleasant and delightful. The family pulled my nearly drowned body out of the water. ![]() I finally found the side of the raft and rose to the surface. My family couldn't see me, but I could hear them shouting, "Daddy! Where's Daddy?" Each time I tried to find air, I hit the underside of the raft. I landed into the roiling rapids of the river. But as we reached the precipice, the bended raft became a giant sling and shot me in the air. To protect them, I tried to hold them close to me. Floating on a rubber raft, our precious family was about to plunge over a waterfall! Instinctively I put one arm around my wife and the other around our youngest daughter. ![]() But on the second day, when we approached the Horn Creek Rapids and saw a precipitous drop ahead, I was terrified. As we started our journey, we had no idea how dangerous this trip could be. We went on a raft trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Years ago when Sister Nelson and I had several teenage daughters, we took our family on a vacation far away from telephones and boyfriends. Thirty years later, here is how Nelson describes the same experience: 349 of Nelson’s autobiography, From Heart to Heart, Quality Press, Inc: Russell M. This was a terrifying experience, but it taught me an important lesson: ‘Cling to the Iron Rod.’" “Gloria and I were thrown from the raft as we plunged over Horn Creek Rapid. Here is the quote from Nelson’s 1979 autobiography: ![]()
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