Ok so
I have been thinking a lot lately about who I am as a person, spiritually and
physically. Those weird questions that are always popping into your mind, like
what am I doing here, what is my purpose in life, why was I sent here at this
time and I have had some really neat experiences that have really touched me.
So my great friend and roommate and I were talking in my car one night about random things and she said something to me that made me really question not only how I look at others but how I look at myself. She said if girls only knew or realized that we look like our Heavenly Mother do you think they would put themselves or others down? This really made me think and I really felt guilty because I do the same thing everyday, it is hard not to when we live in such a terrible time, but it is so important to remember that although man was created after the image of God, we do have a Heavenly Mother who is so sacred she is not ever even mentioned and we take after also. President Kimball says it best,
"when we sing that doctrinal hymn and anthem of affection, “O My Father,” we get a sense of the ultimate in maternal modesty, of the restrained, queenly elegance of our Heavenly Mother , and knowing how profoundly our mortal mothers have shaped us here, do we suppose her influence on us as individuals to be less if we live so as to return there?"
Our Heavenly Mother shaped us to become the best we could be on this earthly life, just as our mortal mothers are shaping to become the best we can be in our after life. I just thought this was way cool, and it totally blew my mind but I love to think about it.
Ok one more experience, so my apartment was having dinner one night and there was a kid there who just got home from his mission. We were talking with him and asking him about his mission and he told us he was a convert. Well we then asked what made you join the church? His response, "the girls." Confused we asked why and he said. There was just something different about them, they were just good people. Naturally an apartment full of girls knew that we can have an influence on young men whether they serve a mission or not ect... but never in a million years would I have thought that we. girls, could have the power to convert someone to the Gospel...noted I was not one of the girls that influenced him, but nontheless it made me think, A LOT, how has my example towards others, members or not, influenced them to convert to the church. It really makes me want and desire to become the type of girl who can have that example towards people and encourage them to make good choices.
These experiences have helped shape me to WANT to become a better person. Going to school is hard, and it is even harder to make consious decisions to not read my scriptures because I am so tired, or not say my prayers because I forget. It is not enough! We have to do all that we can to be righteous if we want to live with our Heavenly Parents again someday!
I just wanted to leave these little thoughts with you and I hope you enjoyed!
So my great friend and roommate and I were talking in my car one night about random things and she said something to me that made me really question not only how I look at others but how I look at myself. She said if girls only knew or realized that we look like our Heavenly Mother do you think they would put themselves or others down? This really made me think and I really felt guilty because I do the same thing everyday, it is hard not to when we live in such a terrible time, but it is so important to remember that although man was created after the image of God, we do have a Heavenly Mother who is so sacred she is not ever even mentioned and we take after also. President Kimball says it best,
"when we sing that doctrinal hymn and anthem of affection, “O My Father,” we get a sense of the ultimate in maternal modesty, of the restrained, queenly elegance of our Heavenly Mother , and knowing how profoundly our mortal mothers have shaped us here, do we suppose her influence on us as individuals to be less if we live so as to return there?"
Our Heavenly Mother shaped us to become the best we could be on this earthly life, just as our mortal mothers are shaping to become the best we can be in our after life. I just thought this was way cool, and it totally blew my mind but I love to think about it.
Ok one more experience, so my apartment was having dinner one night and there was a kid there who just got home from his mission. We were talking with him and asking him about his mission and he told us he was a convert. Well we then asked what made you join the church? His response, "the girls." Confused we asked why and he said. There was just something different about them, they were just good people. Naturally an apartment full of girls knew that we can have an influence on young men whether they serve a mission or not ect... but never in a million years would I have thought that we. girls, could have the power to convert someone to the Gospel...noted I was not one of the girls that influenced him, but nontheless it made me think, A LOT, how has my example towards others, members or not, influenced them to convert to the church. It really makes me want and desire to become the type of girl who can have that example towards people and encourage them to make good choices.
These experiences have helped shape me to WANT to become a better person. Going to school is hard, and it is even harder to make consious decisions to not read my scriptures because I am so tired, or not say my prayers because I forget. It is not enough! We have to do all that we can to be righteous if we want to live with our Heavenly Parents again someday!
I just wanted to leave these little thoughts with you and I hope you enjoyed!
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