God

Before He sent His children to earth

Gave each of them

A very carefully selected package

Of problems.

These,

He promised, smiling,

Are yours alone. No one

Else may have the blessings

These problems will bring you.

And only you

Have the special talents and abilities

That will be needed

To make these problems

Your servants.

Now go down to your birth

And to your forgetfulness. Know that

I love you beyond measure.

These problems that I give you

Are a symbol of that love.

The monument you make of your life

With the help of your problems

Will be a symbol of your

Love for me,

Your Father

“The Monument,” Charlie’s Monument, An Allegory of

Love, Bookcraft, Salt Lake City, Utah, Copyright 1976.adjacent

to the “Contents” page


(Led by the SPIRIT, Randy Faulk,
XLibris, 2010, pp. 125-126.