President Thomas S. Monson
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Jesus Christ was the supreme architect and bridge builder for all mankind. He built the bridges over which we must cross if we are to reach our heavenly home.
"In reality, we're all travelers — even explorers of mortality. We do not have the benefit of personal experience. We must pass over steep precipices and turbulent waters in our experience here on earth."
"What personal bridges did [the Savior] build and cross her in mortality, showing us the way to follow?"
Jesus provided the bridge of obedience. He was an unfailing example of personal obedience and he kept his father's commandments. He overcame all the temptations Satan placed before him.
Jesus provided the bridge of service.
"Although he came to earth as the son of God, he humbly served those around him. He came forth to live on earth as a mortal man and to establish the kingdom of God. His glorious gospel reshaped the thinking of the world. He blessed the sick, he caused the lame to walk, the blind to see, the deaf to hear. He even raised the dead to life."
Jesus provided the bridge of prayer. "No relating of a prayer touches me so deeply as the prayer offered by Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.
"Jesus, the bridge builder, spanned that vast chasm we call death. 'For in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.' He did for us what we could not do for ourselves; hence, mankind can cross the bridges he built — into eternal life."
