A Time to Prepare
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"The gospel of Jesus Christ is the plan by which we can become what children of God are supposed to become. This spotless and perfected state will result from a steady succession of covenants, ordinances, and actions, an accumulation of right choices, and from continuing repentance. 'This life is the time for men to prepare to meet God' (Alma 34:32).
"Now is the time for each of us to work toward our personal conversion, toward becoming what our Heavenly Father desires us to become. As we do so, we should remember that our family
relationships--even more than our Church callings--are the setting in which the most important part of that development can occur. The conversion we must achieve requires us to be a good husband and father or a good wife and mother. Being a successful Church leader is not enough.
Exaltation is an eternal family experience, and it is our mortal family experiences that are best suited to prepare us for it." (Dallin H. Oaks, "The Challenge to Become," Ensign, Nov. 2000, 33)
So why is these always come just when I need them??!!! Right now I am going nuts doing stuff for our Activity Days Recognition night. Taking on WAY more than I should and at the same time I've been wondering am I "becoming what our Heavenly Father desires us to become"? I have such a hard time not taking on too much or over planing/overdoing things I just really need to work on that and work on being in my family more. And not being the mom who is always saying just a sec I've gotta do this one more thing, etc. Time to turn my compass.
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Angelic, I love you!! Thanks for sending this out. I need this. I have so much going on in my life right now and so many things pulling me in so many different directions. I need to concentrate on my home and my family. I am doing most of that alone and if I don't focus on them no one will. I need to post that gem in my room to remind me everyday that my little ones matter so much more than my callings or the million things out there tempting me.
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