Things I hope you will teach my grandchildren

A new wrinkle on an old scripture. The oft quoted scripture in Moses 1:39 "For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." sounds a lot like service. I don't remember who it was for sure, but I think it was Marion G. Romney, Counselor in the First Presidency, who said something like "Service isn't something we endure in this life so that we can have Celestial Life in the eternities, it is what Celestial Life is".

Service is what God does, it is his work and his glory. What little we do here is only practice for Celestial Life, and the attitude we have towards service here is an indication of how far along the path towards that goal we have come. Small wonder then that Christ told his disciples "But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant." (New Testament | Matthew 23:11)

Sometimes old isn't so bad

There are some advantages to being old. This from a Reuters news story.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new H1N1 flu virus appears to be fairly widespread in the United States and seems to be hitting mostly younger people, with very few cases reported in people over 50, U.S. health officials said on Sunday.

"We think very few of the cases we have confirmed are in people over 50, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Dr Anne Schuchat told reporters in a telephone briefing."

My hypothesis is that the oldsters have been exposed to a virus that is close enough to confer some cross immunity that younger people haven't seen yet.