He started writing a song about his grandparents and had a hard time finishing it. He had to stop. He felt like the Spirit was telling him that he would not be able to finish that song until he found out more about and understood his grandfather better. As he started doing research about his grandfather, he discovered he was a very generous man. After he died they found hundreds of checks written to help people who were struggling financially. Neighbors, ward members, family members.
Clive was able to finish his song and said it turned out to paint a much different picture of his grandfather than the original song did. He says that since you have to be very conservative with words in a song, you are only able to capture the "essence" of a person's life. And he was grateful to discover that the essence of his grandfather's life was very different from what he had thought it was.
I started thinking about my own Grandpa Jones, Harold Guy Jones. I have always thought of him as a harsh man. I was sometimes scared of him when I was a child. But is that the essence of who he really is? I've decided to try and learn more about him. I'm hoping my heart will be turned.
I know that he was a bishop in Tabiona, but I never knew he was on the high council. I found his name in this newspaper article. Do you see it in the 3rd paragraph?
