“Come Listen to a Prophet’s Voice: ‘Behold Your Little Ones’” Friend, June 2001, inside front cover
Come Listen to a Prophet’s Voice:
“Behold Your Little Ones”
Fear not, little children, for you are mine (D&C 50:41).
Heavenly Father loves children. So does His Son, Jesus Christ. Prophets often speak of that love, including our prophet today, President Gordon B. Hinckley. In a message to parents, President Hinckley talked about how much you are loved and how much he wants you to learn about Heavenly Father and Jesus. Here are some of the things he said:
My wife and I once took some of our grandchildren to the circus. I was more interested in watching them and many others of their age than in watching the man on the flying trapeze. I looked at them in wonder as they alternately laughed and stared wide-eyed at the exciting things before them. I thought of the miracle of children, for it is children who become the world’s constant renewal of life and purpose. Observing them, … my mind reverted to the beautiful and touching scene recorded in the book of 3 Nephi when the resurrected Lord took little children in His arms and wept as He blessed them and said to the people, “Behold your little ones” (3 Ne. 17:23). …
The story is told that in ancient Rome a group of women were, with vanity, showing their jewels one to another. Among them was Cornelia, the mother of two boys. One of the women said to her, “And where are your jewels?” to which Cornelia responded, pointing to her sons, “These are my jewels.” Under her tutelage, and walking after the virtues of her life, they grew to become [great men] Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus … two of the most persuasive and effective reformers in Roman history. …
Said Isaiah of old, “All thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children” (Isa. 54:13).
I humbly pray for that peace in behalf of all children.
When you learn about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, it brings peace to your heart. It helps you to know that you can keep the commandments and do what is right. Remember to think of Them often, and remember that They love you.
(See Ensign, June 2001, pages 2–5.)