Thursday Text: Springtime in Missouri

Today's quote is from the first volume of The History of the Church, written by Joseph Smith. He was in Missouri on April 6, 1833, when he said:

It was an early spring, and the leaves and blossoms enlivened and gratified the soul of man like a glimpse of Paradise.

We have often felt like that living in Missouri. We're not yet to the paradise stage this spring, so here's a picture of a pink dogwood from last April.