A beautiful little blind girl was sitting on the lap of her father in a crowded compartment in a train. A friend seated

nearby said to the father, “Let me give you a little rest,” and he reached over and took the little girl on his lap.

A few moments later the father said to her, “Do you know who is holding you?”

“No,” she replied, “but you do.”…

Our trust and our relationship with our Heavenly Father should be one similar to that of the little blind girl and her

earthly father. When sorrow, tragedy, and heartbreaks occur in our lives, wouldn’t it be comforting if when the

whisperings of God say, “Do you know why this has happened to you?” we could have the peace of mind to answer

“No, but you do.”…

Just as the little girl could sit peacefully on the stranger’s lap because her father knew him, so we can find peace

if we know our Father and learn to live by his principles.

Marvin J. Ashton, in CR, Oct. 1985 [Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1985], 86-87, 90