Avalon Ward News

I'm in construction as a profession and have worked in many different areas of construction, with several building and management companies. I have dealt with city and county inspectors and the same thing holds true with all of them, we need to make sure the foundation is correct and built right. The issues that cause a building to fail structurally can be traced back to the foundation.

What is our foundation built on? We know that it is our Savior Jesus Christ. Part of the foundation we are built on are the doctrines of the gospel. These are never changing. Procedures may change but the foundation never changes. 

"This Church stands on a unique foundation, anchored to a bedrock of timeless truth. Brothers and sisters, the holy cause in which we are engaged did not begin in 1820 in the state of New York. It did not begin in Bethlehem. It did not begin in the Garden of Eden. The underpinnings of the everlasting gospel were in place even before the world was. 

Just as buildings and institutions have foundations, so do we as individuals have foundations that support our faith. Some are weak; some are strong. We can waffle “like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed,” or we can stand on a firm foundation and anchor ourselves with straps of spiritual steel, rooted and grounded to the timeless pillars of the gospel.  

How firm our foundation? The foundation of this Church was forged long before the world was. It is strong. It is true. It is eternal. The foundation of one’s individual faith, if anchored firmly to eternal truth, allows each of us to reach upward with an eternal perspective. That faith will give hope when there is no hope. It will give us joy here and eternal life hereafter. I so testify in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. " How Firm Our Foundation, By President Russell M. Nelson, April 2002 

The assurance that we are built on the best foundation, it will never fail. Brings peace to my heart and strengthens my testimony.