August - Each Sister Is a Beloved Daughter of Heavenly Parents and Has a Divine Destiny

It is important that we stop our busy lives a remember we do have a divine destiny. We cannot see thought the veil to know what that might be, however, we can grow closer to the Lord and have His divine guidance in this life as we try to discover our destiny here and now. Of course discovering our destiny in this life will better prepare us for our rewards in the next life.

I sometimes get discourage because I don't think I do enough. I'm not a good enough person. I'm not attuned enough to the spirit. I miss so many opportunities to do good. I miss the fact that friends are in need, my children need reassuring. I silently assure myself I will do better. But, then life happens, I get busy and again and again I disappointed myself. That could not be my divine destiny.

Thank goodness for the "healing balm" of Christ as President Faust refers to in this lesson. It is only through the atonement of Christ we can overcome feelings of discouragement, lack of self worth and disappointment in ourselves. We can focus on what we do accomplish. The service we do give. The friends and family members we do help uplift.

I often put Neosporin on cuts and bruises. It's an antibiotic ointment or balm. At first it doesn't make that much of a difference. But, I feel better just knowing I did something. The next day I add a bit more. And I notice the cut has stopped hurting, or at least doesn't hurt as much. And so it goes one application at a time. I'm not healed overnight. It takes time. After a week or so the injury is gone. Like it was never there. An this is just like the healing balm of Christ. If we are diligent in applying his love and forgiveness on a regular basis we will heal. We will be able to see more clearly our divine destiny and we will be happy. We can put self doubt and negative feelings about ourselves aside. We might even recognize that our divine destiny is being a mom, a grandmother, a friend, magnifying our callings in the church learning everything we can, and doing our Visiting Teaching!