I thought this was a great talk. I love that he asked a question that we can constantly be asking ourselves, how is my experience in the church working? I think the answer to that can change throughout our lives.
My favorite part was where he talked about how we can improve ourselves and how to not get discouraged at how far we have to go (my problem). This quote meant a lot to me, "My dear brothers and sisters, if we look at ourselves only through our mortal eyes, we may not see ourselves as good enough. But our Heavenly Father sees us as who we truly are and who we can become. He sees us as His sons and daughters, as beings of eternal light with everlasting potential and with a divine destiny." I love that he sees us perfectly and that he knows exactly what we need to become and how to get us there. We will probably never see ourselves as good enough, but through faith we can trust that we can become much more through the atonement.
This was an amazing talk! One of my favorite quotes was "Exaltation is our goal; discipleship is our journey." Like Morgan said, I also get easily discouraged when I see how far I have to go. Discipleship is not a race, but a journey in which we learn, grow, and change as we work towards the goal of becoming who our Heavenly Father knows and wants us to be.
Along the same lines, President Uchtdorf said, "I learned in my life that we don't need to be "more" of anything to start to become the person God intended us to become." It is just another reminder that we can start where we are at, instead of looking at who we should be.
From the quote Morgan quoted, I also like that we are "...beings of eternal light with everlasting potential..." Everlasting potential really stuck out to me. Our potential never runs out. Am I doing all I can to reach that potential? Am I selling myself short? As we go through this journey of discipleship, we can use the atonement of our Savior to help us become the person our Heavenly Father sees us as, and hopefully reach that goal of exaltation.
I thought this was a great talk. I love that he asked a question that we can constantly be asking ourselves, how is my experience in the church working? I think the answer to that can change throughout our lives.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part was where he talked about how we can improve ourselves and how to not get discouraged at how far we have to go (my problem). This quote meant a lot to me, "My dear brothers and sisters, if we look at ourselves only through our mortal eyes, we may not see ourselves as good enough. But our Heavenly Father sees us as who we truly are and who we can become. He sees us as His sons and daughters, as beings of eternal light with everlasting potential and with a divine destiny." I love that he sees us perfectly and that he knows exactly what we need to become and how to get us there. We will probably never see ourselves as good enough, but through faith we can trust that we can become much more through the atonement.
This was an amazing talk! One of my favorite quotes was "Exaltation is our goal; discipleship is our journey." Like Morgan said, I also get easily discouraged when I see how far I have to go. Discipleship is not a race, but a journey in which we learn, grow, and change as we work towards the goal of becoming who our Heavenly Father knows and wants us to be.
ReplyDeleteAlong the same lines, President Uchtdorf said, "I learned in my life that we don't need to be "more" of anything to start to become the person God intended us to become." It is just another reminder that we can start where we are at, instead of looking at who we should be.
From the quote Morgan quoted, I also like that we are "...beings of eternal light with everlasting potential..." Everlasting potential really stuck out to me. Our potential never runs out. Am I doing all I can to reach that potential? Am I selling myself short? As we go through this journey of discipleship, we can use the atonement of our Savior to help us become the person our Heavenly Father sees us as, and hopefully reach that goal of exaltation.