In a world full of confusion and many constant obstacles, I know who I am and I have the tools to learn more about who I am when I might have moments that I forget. To phrase a favorite Children's hymn mine: "I am a child of God and he has sent me here. Has given me an earthly home with parents kind and dear. I am a child of God and so my needs are great. Help me to understand His words before it grows to late. I am a child of God, rich blessings are in store. If I but understand His will, I'll live with Him someday. Lead me, Guide me, walk beside me, help me find the way. teach me all that I must do, to live with Him someday.
I know that I have a purpose and a mission to fulfill while on this earth. I know that Heavenly Father has provided us, His children, with a way to be successful in this life and to return to live in His presence. However, we must be pure and clean through obedience in order to do so. Disobedience moves us away from Him. Central to our Father’s plan is Jesus Christ’s Atonement. The Atonement included His suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane as well as His suffering and death on the cross. Through the Atonement we can be freed from the burden of our sins and develop faith and strength to face our trials.
Trials and adversity are a part of how we draw closer to God and in return how we learn who we are and who God wants us to become. I am grateful for the knowledge that I have that I am here on this earth for a reason and that I can become who my kind Father in Heaven wants me to become.
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