Have you ever wondered why the Lord doesn’t make reaching our righteous desires easier? Or why spiritual growth can feel slow even when you choosing the right?
In a new LDS Living 5-Minute Fireside, author Mark Henshaw shares how the history of the construction of the Salt Lake Temple can help us find answers to those and other tough questions.
Author Mark Henshaw discovered lessons about how the Lord teaches and refines His people while writing his new book, 40 Years: The Saga of Building the Salt Lake Temple.
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Watch the video below to learn more about why sometimes the Lord breaks us down before He builds us up, what it means to build a personal railroad, and how the Lord teaches us to appreciate the value of His blessings.
From the chilly February day in 1853 when the prophet Brigham Young drove a shovel into the soil to break ground for the Salt Lake Temple until its dedication in 1893, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were confronted with political hostility from the US government and severe challenges imposed by nature itself.
This enthralling book, written by master storyteller Mark Henshaw, tells the narrative of the building of that iconic temple—a place of worship and refuge forty years in the making. Available now at Deseret Book anddeseretbook.com.
