Julie B. Beck desires that we have a testimony of our potential for eternal motherhood. Hum...
President Eyring tell us this life is full of learning experiences necessary to return to Heavenly Father, to live with Him. Hum...
President Taylor further tells us our main objective is to prepare ourselves. Oh, and our posterity and progenitors. Hum....
I am a daughter of God. He loves me. He wants only the best for me. But, am I devoted daughter? I know this. But, what is a devoted daughter?
I think of my
little granddaughter, Addisyn, who wants to bake cookies for her daddy and put them in a special box. Is this devotion?Or Janene, my oldest daughter, who send a special gift to her dad for Father's Day. Is this devotion?
Or how excited my little son, Jeremy, was to "get" to go with Daddy to the dump! Is t his devotion?
Of course it is. But, how do we show Heavenly Father our devotion. Can we make Him cookies or wrap up a special gift? Or do we just get excited to be with Him?
As I taught the little Sunbeam last Sunday: "We Can Be Jesus' Friend When We Are a Friend to Others." So we can show our devotion to Heavenly Father by showing devotion to others. We can make cookies for neighbors. We can wrap up a baby gift for a new mother. And we can be excited to be in His kingdom trying to do good. We can keep the commandments. But, that's not all. We can focus on doing our callings with all our abilities, doing the very best we can. We go visiting teaching, becoming friends with our companion and the sisters we visit. We can be a good friend, a good mother, a good daughter. In these ways we show our devotion. Of course learning all we can along the way.
A few months ago I was talking with my daughter, Janene. I was bemoaning the fact that I never learned to play the piano. She told me to go learn. But I'm so old I wouldn't have time to get really good, good enough to play in Primary or Relief Society. She told me I could play like an angle in heaven I would have lots of time to polish my skill! She is a devoted, sweet daughter who opened my eyes to an eternal truth. Never stop challenging yourself to learn something new.
While we a showing our devotion we can develop a testimony of our potential. We can ask for His help and divine guidance in what He would like us to learn. We can look forward to new callings and seek out new learning experiences. We can prepare ourselves to live with Him again by grabbing opportunities to serve and to learn. Remember, every friend we make, everything we learn, all the knowledge we gain in this life, every skill we perfect we take with us when we return to our Heavenly Parents.
Our eternal potential? Never stop seeking after your eternal destiny and potential. You might end up playing the piano with the angels in heaven.
2 comments:
Something I thought of when reading the lesson was that my children help me reach my full eternal potential. My children make me want to be a better person, mother, daughter, friend, etc. Basically, they make me want to reach my full potential! And, I know that as I try to be the best mother I can be to my children, I am blessed because THEY are helping me try to reach my full eternal potential. Does that make sense?
September Challenge
Challenge the sisters you visit to make a list of three things they would like to learn leaving room between each item to add comments. Encourage them to start thinking about how to make it happen. The list needs to be someplace it will be seen often. Over the next week add the plan in the comment area... and the successes. Report back next month.
Good Luck!
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