10 Great Souls I Want to Meet in Heaven

by S. Michael Wilcox

I assumed while growing up that God spoke to the Hebrew prophets of the Old Testament; sent his Son in the meridian of time who, with the help of the apostles, established his Church; revealed truths also on the American continent to Nephite prophets; and finally restored everything through the revelations and labors of Joseph Smith. I believed that my Father in Heaven is a loving God toward all his children. My idea of him was often difficult to align with this rather limited understanding of his interaction with humankind. What of the Chinese? What of those in India? He speaks often of his voice penetrating even the isles of the sea. What about those during the centuries of darkness we call the Great Apostasy? Surely God would speak to humanity through every voice he could find. I firmly believe this. God has many voices. If we cannot hear his voice in that of a prophet or apostle, perhaps we can hear it in that of a sage, or a poet, or a philosopher, or a playwright, or an artist. Their voices also find their roots in God.