Angus E. Crane

ANGUS E. CRANE is a lawyer for the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association. Together with his wife and three children, he is a member of the Kentlands Ward, Washington, D.C., Stake.

Better than Sheep and Goats

Articles/Essays – Volume 30, No. 2

The Savior counsels his followers to “[a]sk, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened” (Matt. 7:7-8).

As a young boy I believed in these words with such steadfast sure ness that I actually formulated a list of wishes to bring before the Lord. The adversity of life, however, has taken that simple child-like faith and dashed it against the rocky shoals of reality.