Faith key to success in 'journey'
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Through [the missionaries'] message I learned that we are all children of a loving Heavenly Father and we are here on this earth to learn, to grow, to understand, and to love. I learned that we are sons and daughters of God - that He is our Father and we are His children. We lived with God as His spirit children and walked and talked with Him. We knew Him and He still knows us. We raised our hands in support of the plan to come to this earth so that our spirit could experience togetherness with a physical body.
We learned also that faith - faith to believe the intangible - was the key to success in our journey because we would need to have faith in our Heavenly Father to be able to return to Him. This message needs to penetrate every act of our daily lives. In the book of Abraham, chapter 3, verse 25, we read:"And we will prove them herewith to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them."
Because Heavenly Father has given us freedom to make a choice, how we use our free agency and whether we choose to be negative or positive determine whether we will achieve our full potential in this life. The reason I was so impressed by the missionaries was because they were so honest in their expressions of testimony.
Jesus Christ never condemned the honest in heart, but His wrath was kindled against the hypocritical empty performance of the Pharisees. Jesus preached that through repentance we become free from sin. But, only when we become honest will we see the necessity of repentance. There is an eternal spirit swelling in the mortal frame of each of us, and we can develop spiritual qualities of honesty, integrity, compassion, and love - qualities of our heavenly parents. In becoming a member of the restored Church, I set goals to learn to be honest with myself in all of my decisions and in everything I say and do. - Jutta Baum Busche, wife of Elder F. Enzio Busche of First Quorum of Seventy and first matron of Frankfurt Germany Temple.
