This past week, I went to the opening ceremonies for
homecoming week, and they showed a video honoring one of the founders of BYU.
His name was Abraham Smoot. It was a remarkable video and I learned a lot about
this man who saved BYU. I had never known anything about him before. The thing
that stood out to me the most was the fact that after BYU burned down, he
mortgaged his home and his farm to pay off BYU’s debts so they could rebuild.
He died penniless and gave up everything he owned to save the school because he
loved it so much. This was very humbly to me to realize a man gave up
everything he owned so that, years later, I could get an education. This taught
me to value my experience here at BYU a lot more and to remember everything
that people who came before me did so that I could come here and gain an
invaluable education.
It's humbling to look at our own trials and realize how little we have had to sacrifice, but I love knowing that we can have the same eternal reward that he will, if we are faithful! Thanks for the post!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your post. Strange to think how quickly huge sacrifices made in the past become almost completely forgotten--even those that sacrifices that affect us daily.
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