Singing & Prophets

President MonsonThis evening was a spiritual high and I couldn’t wait to get home and blog about it! I will look back on it for the rest of my life as one of the times when I felt the spirit the strongest.

Many of you know that I have been involved with a group called “Spire Music” for several years. It was started by my composer and friend from Mesa, Arizona, Rob Gardner. He is extremely talented and I have been privileged to perform his music many times. Tonight, we performed an oratorio called “Joseph Smith the Prophet” in the Tabernacle on Temple Square. It was part of the Temple Square Concert Series. All General Authorities, Apostles, and the First Presidency have open invitations to these concerts, and as you may guess, many are not able to come. I have performed once before in this venue and Elder Holland had come, so I was looking forward to seeing who might show up this evening.

The Tabernacle missionaries kept telling us about some “special guests” who would be there tonight, but never named names. At about 7:00, I was seated among the choir and we were busy chatting when someone whispered something about President Uchtdorf . I looked up, and sure enough, he was walking through the aisles, greeting members of the audience. I watched him for a bit. What a friendly smile and happy countenance that man has!

I went back to my conversation and suddenly, everyone in the Tabernacle was standing up. In that moment, I knew he was there. President Thomas S. Monson walked into the Tabernacle with his sweet wife. They stopped in front of the bench and began shaking hands with the audience members. The huge hall became utterly silent with reverence. A man’s voice began singing “We Thank Thee, O God, For a Prophet” and instantly we all joined in. The spirit bore witness to me in that moment that this man was indeed a Prophet of God. Tears streamed down my face. Every mouth in the building was singing, including President Monson’s wife’s. When we finished singing, President Monson simply said, “Thank you.”

What a burden we now had as a performing group, knowing we would be performing music about our first prophet, Joseph Smith, to our current prophet, President Monson. Miraculously, we gave the best performance yet. We brought the entire hall to their feet in applause. As President Monson prepared to leave, we all stood. He then turned to the performers, waved, and gave the “bravo” sign. I will never forget that. I am so glad that I was able to contribute to his joy that evening, however small my contribution may have been. The ironic part is that he has touched my life this evening more than he will probably ever know.

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2 thoughts on “Singing & Prophets

  1. That is such a wonderful spiritual experience. Thanks Fiona for sharing that with us all. President Monson truly is a prophet of God.

  2. How awesome. Those men are amazing and truly radiate the power of God! I’m so glad you were a part of that and that you were able to have that experience!

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