On a frosty morning in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Mountains, a rider came upon a covey of partridges. For protection from the cold, the birds got together and spread their wings, intertwining them so that their bodies were completely covered as a shield from the frost and the cold. Only their heads stuck up above that covering. They survived. Without that united effort of self-protection, they might have succumbed to the weather; with it, they came through in relative comfort.

This scene was described by Elder Antoine R. Ivins of the First Council of the Seventy when he spoke in general conference in October 1950. He was the rider.

“Now if we could so support each other through the faith that we should have in each other, then all the righteous purposes of God as far as this group of people is concerned, I am sure, could be realized,” Elder Ivins said.

We have many opportunities to “put our arms out and shield” or help others.

 [Source: LDS Church News ‘Good Measure’ p .16 Week of July 22, 2012]

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