Priesthood Blessing - a Non-Mormon View

I love that my husband honors his priesthood!  I love that I can ask for and receive a blessing from him when I'm sick, or upset, or just really need comfort.  I love that God has given this power to the earth, and that his worthy followers can bless their families with it.  We have seen profound results from the laying-on of hands.

A non-Mormon observed this and reported it during WWII

During World War II, in the early part of 1944, an experience involving the priesthood took place [and] was related by a correspondent—not a member of the Church—who worked for a newspaper in Hawaii. … He and other correspondents were in the second wave behind the marines at Kwajalein Atoll. As they advanced, they noticed a young marine floating facedown in the water, obviously badly wounded. The shallow water around him was red with his blood. And then they noticed another marine moving toward his wounded comrade. The second marine was also wounded, with his left arm hanging helplessly by his side. He lifted up the head of the one who was floating in the water in order to keep him from drowning. In a panicky voice he called for help. The correspondents looked again at the boy he was supporting and called back, “Son, there is nothing anyone can do for this boy.”

“Then,” wrote the correspondent, “I saw something that I had never seen before.” This boy, badly wounded himself, made his way to the shore with the seemingly lifeless body of his fellow marine. He “put the head of his companion on his knee. … What a picture that was—these two mortally wounded boys—both … clean, wonderful-looking young men, even in their distressing situation. And the one boy bowed his head over the other and said, ‘I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ and by the power of the priesthood, to remain alive until I can get medical help.’” The correspondent concluded his article: “The three of us [the two marines and I] are here in the hospital. The doctors don’t know [how they made it alive], but I know.”  (the above story was related in Conference by president Thomas S Monson. ) 

The hands of the Aaronic priesthood blessing are on many Jewish graves, this one in Germany.  The Priesthood was on the earth from the beginning.  

 I'm grateful it has been restored to the earth in the latter days.

* The day after I posted this, the abscess behind my crown suddenly flared into action and I was in great, throbbing pain.  I took amoxicillin knowing it would be a day before that would do a thing.  It was late and I didn't want to take the pain meds, but I did ask Jim for a blessing before I went to bed.
I slept just fine and woke to no pain!  Still swollen and plenty of pressure, but only mild pain, I can survive till surgery after the weekend!