If grandma and grandpa had a message to you and their grandchildren, what do you think it is?

This is a fairly easy question to answer.

Grandpa Bennion would bear his testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel.  He would encourage faithfulness to the commandments and to the teachings of the Prophet and the Twelve Apostles.  He would testify of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.  He would encourage the honest payment of tithes.  His life was an example of the great blessings that come from sacrifice in order to have a family and raise them in righteousness.

Grandma Bennion would tell each of you how much she loves you and how proud she is of the things you do.  Not one of you, child, grand child, or great grand child would be excluded from her love and adoration.  She would bear the same testimony as Grandpa about the Savior, the Church, and the happiness to be had in righteous living.  He life example was the same as Grandpa's: there is greater happiness to be found in sacrificing the things of the world in order to have a family and life the gospel.

What I have learned from them is that the blessings of the earth are given to us on condition of our service and faithfulness to the Lord.  We may be denied the riches of the world, but if we faithfully serve the Lord he will not abandon us or leave us defenseless.  Riches far greater than any this world can offer will be ours.  I count myself among the richest in Time and Eternity because of the wonderful children I have and the precious grand children you have given me.  It is the tragedy of our generation that society is abandoning the greater blessings of eternity to seek after the false riches of the world.  Some are getting it right.  Stay close to them.