Look Up

Psalm 121 says, "I will lift mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.  My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth."  We should look to the Lord when we need help.  It is also interesting to note that in scripture, the mountains are often a symbol of the temple.  Perhaps the hills mean the same thing in this instance.  In the 2011 October General Conference, Elder Carl B. Cook gave a talk called It Is Better to Look Up.  He talks about a time at the end of his first week as a general authority.  He was staring at the floor of the elevator, wondering how he was possibly going to do all that was expected of him.  The elevator stopped, and someone else got on.  He continued staring at the floor.  Then he heard someone whose voice he recognized ask, "What are you looking at down there?"  It was President Monson. Elder Cook mumbled, "Oh, nothing".  President Monson "smiled and lovingly suggested, while pointing heavenward, "It is better to look up!" As we traveled down one more level, he cheerfully explained that he was on his way to the temple. When he bid me farewell, his parting glance spoke again to my heart, "Now, remember, it is better to look up.""