That's the question I'm going to ask the Primary kids in Sharing Time today.It's hard to imagine not knowing this truth. It's so simple.
And so powerful.
I've known it for so long that I can't remember not knowing it.
But, when I think of it slowly, I think that it makes all the difference in the world.
I think it changes how I treat my neighbours, my enemies, my brothers and sisters.
I think it gives me confidence that I am valuable. And hope that I am heading somewhere.
It gives me patience. Not all the time, of course, but sometimes.
It gives me freedom and peace.
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I like "But, when i think of it slowly, I think that it makes all the difference in the world." I need to think about such truths like that MORE SLOWLY as an adult so they make a difference anew.
While you were in Primary, they probably read this quote from Dallin H. Oaks in Gospel Doctrine: “Consider the power of the idea taught in our beloved song ‘I Am a Child of God.’ … Here is the answer to one of life’s great questions, ‘Who am I?’ I am a child of God with a spirit lineage to heavenly parents. That parentage defines our eternal potential. That powerful idea is a potent antidepressant. It can strengthen each of us to make righteous choices and to seek the best that is within us. Establish in the mind of a … person the powerful idea that he or she is a child of God, and you have given self-respect and motivation to move against the problems of life” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1995, 31; or Ensign, Nov. 1995, 25).
Since someone close to me suggested recently that I might need therapy or meds, this one really hit me yesterday.
I really like the way you think, Sariah, and miss you!
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