This devotional address, entitled Lessons from the Master Engineer, was given on June 30, 2026, by Anton E. Bowden, Associate Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University.

Brothers and sisters, I am grateful to be with you today.

The title of my devotional message is Lessons from the Master Engineer, and my hope is that by the end of my talk, each of us will have a deeper understanding of both our Creator and of ourselves.

We can learn some interesting things about a person by studying the things that they create.

For example, I have several neighbors who are very talented artists.

The scene in this painting by Joseph Brickey depicts a family at winter quarters on the banks of the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa during the bitter cold of January 1847.

The history of that winter provides a powerful lesson about faith in the midst of extreme circumstances as these early saints gave their all.