As I'm sure most of you did, our fast and testimony meeting had a central theme to it. A lot of us younger people have had President Hinckley as the prophet for over half of our lives, and he was in the First Presidency for almost all of it.
When I read the stories of the early Saints and what happened to Joseph Smith when he died, I'm grateful that I'm not in that situation today. We all have our favorite apostles that we enjoy listening to more than others (me, I'm partial to Pres. Packer) and the early Saints did, too. Some thought Brigham Young should lead, others Sidney Rigdon, and so forth, but when I look back to then and I look forward to the church's future, the spirit that touched the hearts of the Saints in those days is the same one that will touch my heart in confirmation of the next prophet. I'm grateful for that.
It was wonderful to have President Hinckley for as long as we did. What he did was amazing, and it was all the Lord's work, really, not Pres. Hinckley's. If it had been Pres. Monson or Pres. Haight for all these years, the same work would have been done, the only difference would have been the personality of the prophet. I'm excited to see what the Lord will do through the next prophet's leadership.
Oh yeah, and I'm glad we don't have to vote for who that will be.
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