I
continually feel thankful in my life that I have been given the
astounding privlidge of being a Mother. Having children and going to the
temple to make covenants with my God are the two top experiences in my
life that have brought me to understand whom My Father in Heaven and His
Son- Jesus Christ are; even deep down in Their core.
When
I think of the senerios that life present me as a Mother and the best
ways that I can help my children learn to understand life and grasp
things that they can not yet see; I am always reminded how our Father in
Heaven must feel as our parent, and how His gospel and plan for us is
absolutely perfect.
President Uchtdorf reminded
us in his most recent conference talk titled, " Receiving a Testimony of
Light and Truth " that; " It was only a century ago that most
astronomers assumed that our Milky Way Galaxy was the only galaxy in the
universe. They supposed all that lay beyond our galaxy was an immense
nothingness, an infinite void- empty, cold and devoid of starts, light
and life. As telescopes became more sophisticated- including telescopes
that could be launched into space- astronomers began to grasp a
spectacular, almost incomprehensible truth; the universe is
mind-bogglingly bigger than anyone had previously believed, and the
heavens are filled with numberless galaxies, unimaginably far away from
us, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. "
Because
people could not see numberless galaxies in that time, and because they
could not comprehend that; they did not believe it could exist.
Likewise, there is so much that we can not comprehend about this life or
the next; and so we must have faith; which is part of the process that
will help us be more ready to take and learn the next step.
I
do not try to teach my children how to ride a bike, when they have not
learned to walk yet. I do not try and teach my children how to divide
when they have not learned addition and subtraction. I do not allow my
children to date when they do not understand the purpose of dating and
do not have the maturity to respect it's purposes.
Our
Father in Heaven is so loving to provide us the opportunity to come to
earth and learn very slowly; very carefully and directed under His
instruction when we seek Him out. We can learn what He is like; and how
we can have more joy like He has; and how we can become worthy of all
that He has.
( Luke 12:44 )
Despite the fact that we can learn a lot however;
The
scripture from our reading this week in Mosiah 4:9 is an eternal
principle when it says; " Believe that man doth not comprehend all
things which the Lord can comprehend", and this statement as instruction
that we will , " grow in knowledge of the glory of Him that created
us." ( Mosiah 4:12 )
There are some things that we will most likely never comprehend during this life time.
I
am thankful that He does not require me to understand things that I can
not yet comprehend, and that His plan and gospel actually protects me
from not sinning as truth is not revealed to me until I am ready to
accept and comprehend it, line upon line and precept upon precept. (
Isaiah 28:10 )
There is nothing of more value to me than His love and I am overwhelmingly thankful to be filled with it.
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