The Heavenly Mansion

Once there was a member of the church. He was strong in the gospel growing up through his young years, and at 19 he served an honorable mission. When he returned from his mission he soon found the wife of his dreams and they were married in the temple shortly afterwards.

He was happy and his testimony of the truth blossomed into firm belief. He became an Elders Qurum President and then a counciler on the bishopric. After 5 years of faithfull service in these callings he became a Bishop. Burdened with such responsibilty he prayed and fasted hard through his time as a bishop that he would be able to serve to his fullest capacity while still providing for the needs of his family. His faith grew and so did his testimony and dedicated his whole life to service for the lord.

As the years went by he continued to serve to the best of his ability as each new calling came along. He was called as a youth leader, a high councilman and a Stake President. The years rapidly went by and his childern left home and had children of their own. He continued faithfully serving before deciding to serve a mission with his wife.

After his mission with his wife he returned and decided that it was time to retire from church service. He felt that 60 years of his life dedicated to the church service was more than enough service and it was time to relax and join the congregation. His faith was still strong he just decided to have a rest from callings.

A couple of years later he died at a good old age. Upon meeting St Peter at the pearly gates he was greeted with a smile. "Welcome brother to heaven it is great to have you". St Peter opened the gates and heralded the brother through. Walking with St Peter he expressed his joy to finally be in heaven and how thankful he was that he had made it.

St Peter laughed and asked the brother to follow him to where he was to live. As they walked the man noticed some small shacks by the side. He was slightly concerned as he walked past hoping he would not be living in one of those. Soon however the scenery changed and the houses became bigger and more spectacular. Still they kept walking past. Finally they stopped next to this huge mansion. "This my brother is your mansion. The angels built it for you while you were on earth".

The mansion was huge bigger than he has ever seen in this life. He opened the door and looked inside to find a spectacular hallway. Quickly he walked from room to room inspecting the beatiful workmanship. Then he looked up. At the top of his mansion he saw the stars. The roof was missing. The man turned to St Peter and said 'What is the meaning of this where is the roof". St Peter smiled and said. "while you were working on earth the angels were building this mansion for you. When you stopped working the angels stopped".

-- Author Unknown