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“Despite being well trained to treat the very thing that ended her life, I could not save my own wife.”

“Dantzel and I were sitting on the sofa holding hands while we watched television. Nelson then recounted the sorrow he experienced after the death of his first wife. it provides us with a greater perspective on the very purpose and joy of life.” While gratitude does not “spare us from sorrow, sadness, grief and pain,” he said, “. The video showed people putting on and wearing masks, which medical experts have said help greatly in preventing the spread of the virus.Īs a “man of faith,” however, Nelson said he viewed the current pandemic “as only one of many ills that plague our world, including hate, civil unrest, racism, violence, dishonesty and lack of civility. “I also honor the devoted service of health care professionals and grieve for the many whose lives have been upended by COVID-19.” “As a man of science, I appreciate the critical need to prevent the spread of infection,” he said. During his message, he spoke of his concern about COVID-19 and the scientists who were working on a vaccine to prevent its spread. The 96-year-old Nelson was a renowned heart surgeon before devoting himself to full-time church service. “Jesus Christ taught his disciples to pray,” Nelson said, “by first expressing gratitude to God and then petitioning him for the things we need. He also encouraged his listeners to “unite in thanking God” through daily prayer. “Working together,” he said, “we can flood social media with a wave of gratitude that reaches the four corners of the earth.

To help followers feel more thankful, he encouraged them, for the next seven days, to turn their social media pages into a “gratitude journal,” posting every day about what and who they are grateful for and why - using the hashtag #GiveThanks. “No matter our situation,” he said, “showing gratitude for our privileges is a fast-acting and long- lasting spiritual prescription.” Nelson - considered a prophet, seer and revelator by millions of Latter-day Saints around the world - said he believed that “counting our blessings is far better than recounting our problems,” even amid the COVID-19 pandemic.