Priesthood Authority

Nov. 20, 2009. My Grandma Fielding was put in the hospital in the ICU with an enlarged pancreas, gall stones, and a slightly deflated lung. She had been on a respirator and feeding tube and had been sedated so her body could heal. The doctors asked her if she had a will. She gave power of attorney to my uncle Brian, her youngest son. Her body was retaining fluids and not passing them through her system. She was even getting fluid in her lungs. Things were not looking good for her. Grandpa passed away almost exactly 2 years ago now and she’s been very lonely. I believed her will to live had diminished significantly. Mom and dad were on their mission in Tallahassee, FL at this time and it had been extremely hard on mom not to be able to be there for her. All her siblings had been able to go and be with her. Also, that same week, my sister Annika’s brother-in-law Paul Niederer, was in a four-wheeler accident and was also in the ICU. I was in the same stake as them. That weekend he was in the ICU was stake conference. Our stake president, Randy Sutton, and the General Authority who was here for it, Elder Spencer V. Jones of the 1st Quorum of the Seventy, asked Eva if they could go to the hospital to give Paul a blessing. Of course Annika and Trevor went to the hospital to assist in the blessing. While there, Annika asked if would be too much trouble if they gave Grandma a blessing as well. Elder Jones blessed her with a longer, healthy life. 2 days later, she was able to eat some regular food, the respirator and feeding tube were taken out, and she was moved out of ICU. She was still in the hospital through Christmas but was able to come home a few weeks later. She got stronger and through several weeks of therapy, she was finally able to walk without a walker, and was able to drive again. I guess I’m just selfish, but I wasn’t ready to have her leave us just yet. The Lord is merciful and hears our prayers. Sometimes we don’t like the answer but he always answers if we’ll listen. D&C 121:36 That the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness."