"People ask me, what is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven. One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense. God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness. We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity? Am I going to be driven by Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes for my life?"
-Rick Warren
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Insignificant
Can I just say that I continue to be amazed with the simple way that God opens doors. He is so aware of each one of us. He guides us to do seemingly insignificant things in order to break down people's walls and show them His love, give them the help and comfort they are seeking, and bless their lives.
There is a young woman who has struggled with activity. She has little to mostly no support when it comes to church. She came to camp last year and had a great experience, and we all loved getting to know her and see what a sweet girl she is. I'd seen a few posts from her facebook the last few weeks where I didn't really understand what she was talking about. She ended up coming to our YW activity this past week. In passing, I asked her about the posts. That simple, relatively conversational question led to her breaking down, opening up about some difficult struggles she's going through, lots of hugs, other girls reaching out to her, late night texts about her desire to be strong in the gospel, etc.
A quick perusal of YW facebook posts and a simple question...and a door was opened. God is there. Most of the work He needs us to do will seem small and insignificant, but it will be those simple things that accomplish His desire of bringing people closer to Him. It will be those simple things that result in prayers being answered. It will be those little things that let us see the hand of God working among His children.
"By small and simple things are great things brought to pass." Alma 37:6
There is a young woman who has struggled with activity. She has little to mostly no support when it comes to church. She came to camp last year and had a great experience, and we all loved getting to know her and see what a sweet girl she is. I'd seen a few posts from her facebook the last few weeks where I didn't really understand what she was talking about. She ended up coming to our YW activity this past week. In passing, I asked her about the posts. That simple, relatively conversational question led to her breaking down, opening up about some difficult struggles she's going through, lots of hugs, other girls reaching out to her, late night texts about her desire to be strong in the gospel, etc.
A quick perusal of YW facebook posts and a simple question...and a door was opened. God is there. Most of the work He needs us to do will seem small and insignificant, but it will be those simple things that accomplish His desire of bringing people closer to Him. It will be those simple things that result in prayers being answered. It will be those little things that let us see the hand of God working among His children.
"By small and simple things are great things brought to pass." Alma 37:6
Monday, February 7, 2011
Quote
"Remember that you are entitled to our Father's blessings in this work. He did not call you to your privileged post to walk alone, without guidance, trusting to luck. On the contrary, He knows your skill, He realizes your devotion, and He will convert your supposed inadequacies to recognized strengths. He has promised: 'I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.'"
-President Thomas S. Monson
-President Thomas S. Monson
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)