Ensign

January 2006

Volume 36, Number 1

Ensign, Jan. 2006

Contents

• First Presidency Message: The Master’s Blueprint

  President Thomas S. Monson

• Using Agency Wisely

  Elder Donald L. Hallstrom

• Making Major Life Decisions

  Kathleen Lubeck Peterson

• He Offended Me!

  Name Withheld

• Wilford Woodruff: Contending for the Faith

  Aaron L. West

• God Moves in a Mysterious Way

  William Cowper, William H. Bradbury, and Ralph B. Woodward

• For Newlyweds and Their Parents

  Richard B. Miller

• The Restoration and Faith

  Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

• Thanks for Finding Me

  Nancy M. Hopkins

• In the Beginning …

• Blessed by My Callings

  Sheila Kindred

• Lessons from the Old Testament: Called of God

  Bishop Richard C. Edgley

• The Fulness of the Gospel: The Nature of the Godhead

• Gospel Classics: Adam’s Role in Bringing Us Mortality

  President Joseph Fielding Smith

• The Joyful Surprise of Motherhood

  Jean Knight Pace

• A Lesson That Changed My Life

• A Happy Gathering of Sisters

  Lilian DeLong

• Visiting Teaching Message: The Purpose of Relief Society

• Latter-day Saint Voices

• Random Sampler

• News of the Church

• Making the Most of This Issue

On the cover: Front: Painting by Jay Bryant Ward. Back: Photography by Steve Bunderson, posed by models.

Inside front cover: Tower of Babel, by Tobias Verhaecht. Courtesy of Sotheby’s, may not be copied.

Inside back cover: Elder Wilford Woodruff, by Filippo Pistrucci. While a missionary in London, 33-year-old Wilford Woodruff responded to his wife Phoebe’s request to get his “portrait taken.” He wrote, “I took my last Sitting for my Portrait with Mr Pistrucci. He says it is an exact likeness.” Recently restored, it is the earliest known image of Wilford Woodruff.