The Savior entered a village, as recorded in Luke, one day
where there were 10 lepers.
10 lepers.
Now, those of us who have grown up in the last few years
in mankind know very little about lepers,
but that was that terrible, terrible, dreaded disease
anciently.
There were 10 lepers, and they came to the Savior
and said, "Master, have mercy upon us.
Have mercy upon us with that terrible ailment of leprosy."
And he said to those 10 lepers, "Go to thy priest."
"Go visit your priest."
And they'll take care of you, which they did.
They went to see their priest, and they were cleansed.
10 of them.
And then a short time later, one of them returned to the Savior
and fell on his face and his hands and his knees
in thanking the Savior for blessing him
and to making him well from that terrible disease.
And the Savior said to that one man, "Weren't there 10?"
"What has happened to the other 9?
Where are they?
And I've read that story again and again.
It's made a great impression upon me.
How would you like to be part of the 9 society?
Wouldn't that be something to belong to?
To be numbered the one-- be numbered
among those who failed to return and acknowledge
the Savior the great blessings that he had given them.
Only one returned.
It's so easy in life for us to receive blessings, many of them
almost uncounted, and have things happen in our lives
that kind of help change our lives, improve our lives
but bring the spirit of the gospel into our lives.
But we sort of take it as granted.
But how grateful we should be for the blessings
that the gospel of Jesus Christ brings
into our hearts and souls?
And I would remind all of you.
That if we're ever going to show gratitude and do it properly
to our Heavenly Father, we would do it
with all of our heart might, mind, and strength
because it was he who gave us life.
And gave us the breath to breathe and to live.