Scratch at the veil, It sounds so odd, I know. I thought I would explain since Janelle asked and I'm sure it will appear like an odd phrase to anyone else who reads it and was not at EFY. It was a phrase Kenneth Cope used. He told a story about when he had kidney stones and was crawling across the floor in severe pain, not knowing what it was at the time and he had this image come to him of the savior in the garden of gethsemane crawling, scratching at the ground, and crying out "Abba" or Papa in agony. He spoke of the veil covering our minds but that it didn't have to be permanent, others like the Brother of Jared and Joseph Smith had broken through the veil because of their faith, their commitment to truth. He challenged us to "scratch at the veil" doing everything we can to be faithful, constantly scratching our way through trails and challenges, crawling if we have to, closer and closer to our "Papa" even through the veil. Of course the full impact of his talk is lost in my few short words, but hopefully you get the idea.
Fun P.S.: Ryan forwarded my wordle to our stake president and he liked it so much that with a few requested changes for the upcoming year, I sent it off to be printed onto envelopes that each YM and YW in our stake will get to help them save for next year's EFY. Fun!
