Stoic saint stands sturdily before Shopko. |
SPRINGVILLE,
UT—Neville O. Maxwell, grandson of the late apostle Neal A. Maxwell, recently
expressed to his bishop that there are times “when the white and wooly waves of
worry whip me on my weary way.” Seeking comfort and guidance, Maxwell
conceded that the “mortal clock rarely ticks with that of the Messiah’s
miraculous, millennial machinery.”
A previous
bishop had suggested Maxwell take evening walks to ponder the challenges of
teaching his Valiant 9 class and working 35 hours a week at Shopko.
Reporting positively on this counsel, Maxwell expressed how “So often
enlightenment has come with the day’s gradual darkening, bringing with it a
provident and prudent pondering of how better to shepherd my fresh and feisty
young flock of primary fledglings while also storing and restoring that which
has become separated from its Shopko shelf sanctuary.”
Pressing
further, Bishop Peters asked if Maxwell did not perhaps feel that he should
have a job more in keeping with his skills and interests, and perhaps a calling
that would allow him to develop more of his talents. To this Neville
responded, “Oft, in lonely rooms, and mid the din of towns and cities, the
material gravity of fallen flesh has fueled a fiery and flying envy toward (elders
quorum president) Steve Allen, my childhood yet often churlish onetime
chum.”
Neville,
who recently turned 24, also told the bishop of his concerns about not being
married. “I believe that it was Milton,” Neville said, “who put it so
eloquently: ‘Some, happily married, seated, need not wait / But they also serve
who only stand and date’.”
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