Journey for the Future – Sunday, May 27, 1951
When we have lost those who have meant much to us in the past, and when we have lost with them a pattern of life that we have lived and loved in the past, there is often also a loss of interest in the future, and often a tendency to let down in discouragement and doubt. In short, the person who does not feel sure that there is going to be an acceptable tomorrow, does not usually trouble himself to plan too much for tomorrow. And so, in time of disappointment and sorrow and uncertainty, there is a tendency to live from day to day, mentally and physically and spiritually, and creative interests and activities seem to slow down, and when they do, the world and all who live in it are losers. Furthermore, the loss is permanent.
In a sense we can never make up back work, because each day brings its own fullness of time and of opportunities and of things that could or should be done. But life must move on, even in sorrow and uncertainty. The sun still rises and sets even in days of doubt and despair, and all of the endless processes and purposes of life persist despite discouragement. And despite discouragement there is still reason for living and building for the future—for what sometimes seems to be an ending event is not an end at all, but only another event in an eternal journey.
And even though our loved ones leave us, and even though we ourselves shall surely follow, yet there will never be a time when we shall not have a future to look forward to. Beyond the limits of our present perspective, there will still be endlessly unfolding plans and purposes and pursuits—for life is a journey—and not a destination, a journey on which, in the glorious planning of Providence, we may walk once more with those we love—with those who shall surely somewhere await us on the way.
“The Spoken Word,” heard over Radio Station K S, L and the nationwide Columbia Broadcasting System, from the Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Sunday, May 27,1951, 11:00 to 11.30 a.m., Eastern Time. Copyright, 1951
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May 27, 1951
Broadcast Number 1,136