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I want to say a few things now that we are in this new year. One thing is, I am so grateful for my wife. The little things she does that I don't fully get to thank her for or appreciate. After I moved here, she told me that if I could find the right spot I could see the Bountiful temple from certain spots in Clearfield. One such place we saw on the Antelope bridge going into Layton one day last month. Then this morning as I was heading into work, taking main street from Layton to the freeway, I could see it clearly as day. A beacon in the dark. I am reminded of the Fireside that happened on New Years Eve from the Conference Center. They now have a new site linked to the churches web site about the new year and what the goal and theme for the year was for the youth. Elder Holland of the 12 was the key note speaker. What a great man and speaker he is. The kids put on a song and dance number named, "Shine the Light." I think this morning I have seen that light. I saw it as I was heading into the driveway of work. Matthew 5:16 reads: '16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.' When i was a boy in Primary we had to memorise a verse a year. My grandmother drilled this one in me. She also taught me and drilled into me the Lord's Prayer. But this one has stuck with me for so many years. I pray that this year, the light of the Lord can shine down upon my family and bless us with His light, so that we can endure, we can have patience beyond what we need, that we can be sealed as an eternal family and accomplish the things the Lord would want us to do. One last message, I remember someone from one of the wards I served in while on my mission. There was a Chiropractor that was just opening his business. In his Patriarchal blessing, it told him that he would work in the shadows of the temples. His business was in the shopping area just below the Seattle Temple. Whether it be light or shadow, the Lord knows us, He knows our need. He does watch over us. He does love us.