It’s not without reason that when there’s nothing left in a human’s power, believers and nonbelievers alike seem to instinctively look for the intercession of a greater Being.
I forget that the gift of the Holy Ghost is the gift of having a god with you. How neat is that?!
When we’re born into a family, we take upon ourselves the name of our family to represent and honor. When we’re born again into the baptismal convenant, we take upon ourselves the name of our Savior to represent and honor. I like that :)
Even if something doesn’t turn out to be a reality, I’d much prefer a life of hope and optimism than that of apathy and disbelief.
I loved being a worker in a temple session. Then over the weekend, I read all the church’s standard works for kids with illustrations. Everybody should read those, haha. It was cool to connect it all.
We’ve had a lot of opposing conversations in the MTC concerning Joseph Smith’s teaching that we can become gods one day, refuting that there are no other gods. If there are no other gods, then Jesus would have been incapable of performing the Atonement. If there are no other gods, then we would not have the companionship of the Spirit. As children of God, we have the divine potential to become like Him. Psalms 82:6 says, “Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High.” We believe that God is the most High God, the only One we should worship, and that there are no other Gods besides Him. Nevertheless, as it says in the King Follett Sermon, we have got to learn how to become gods — kings and priests to God. Right now we are imperfect beings, but that does not mean we can’t become perfect beings. I believe we can become gods. I believe that Joseph Smith is a prophet who received revelation from the Lord. God cannot lie, so if He says we are His children and desires, as a Father, that we enjoy all He has, life is to experience, to get a body, and to become like Him. Basically, gain a testimony from God through prayer and study. Once I did, I knew that all other things in the church are true.
One night I went to a Brad Wilcox devotional and his son walked up to bear his testimony. In March, he fell 70 ft off a cliff while hiking in Moab. Miraculously, he crashed through a tree. There were no other trees on either side. After a priesthood blessing and a life flight to Colorado, he only had a broken elbow and one broken vertebrae (besides the scratches). Then Brad Wilcox spoke on grace: “The goal isn’t just to get to heaven but to be heavenly. The goal isn't just to be with God but to become like God. Salvation is not to be saved by grace but to be transformed by it.... God’s grace can change things instantaneously but more often He does not do that. He uses time as the medium to have it not just memorized, but rather written upon our hearts. The Grand Canyon took a little bit of wind and a little bit of water and a long time. It’s a miracle and that is how He may work a miracle in you.”
Oh yes He does.
Love, Hermana Jerman
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