We speak frequently in the Church about what we must do to find satisfaction, peace and happiness. Being the sometimes short-sighted mortals that we are, however, we often are most concerned with this life. We worry more about what is ahead in mortality than in the eternities to come.

Happily, the things that bring true joy and peace in this life will also deliver fulfillment, progress and celestial life in eternity.A favorite scripture confirms the good fortune, now and later, of the righteous:

"And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end, they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never ending happiness. O remember, remember, that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it." (Mosiah 2:41.)

While we are well aware of the blessings, "both temporal and spiritual" that are possible during our earthly existence, we have less knowledge of what awaits those who are "received into heaven."

Each of us ought to think more about the eternities, especially because this life is such a brief span - yet so important in determining our eternal station. If we have a vision of the eternal possibilities, the joys and blessings of dwelling with God "in a state of never ending happiness," then perhaps we will be more willing to put forth the sacrifice and effort to achieve that lofty goal.

Here is a look at some of what the scriptures and the prophets have said the eternities hold for those "that keep the commandments of God:"

1 Cor. 2:9 - But as it is written, eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

D&C 137:1-4 - The heavens were opened upon us, and I beheld the celestial kingdom of God, and the glory thereof . . . I saw the transcendent beauty of the gate through which the heirs of the kingdom will enter, which was like unto circling flames of fire. Also the blazing throne of God, whereon was seated the Father and the Son. I saw the beautiful streets of that kingdom, which had the appearance of being paved with gold.

2 Cor. 4:17 - For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

D&C 76:89-92 - And thus we saw, in the heavenly vision, the glory of the telestial, which surpasses all understanding; And no man knows it except him to whom God has revealed it. And thus we saw the glory of the terrestrial, which excels in all things the glory of the telestial, even in glory and in power and in might and in dominion. And thus we saw the glory of the celestial, which excels all things, where God, even the Father, reigns upon his throne forever and ever.

Alma 40:12 - And then shall it come to pass, that the spirits of those who are righteous are received into a state of happiness, which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles and from all care, and sorrow.

Brigham Young - "Having fought the good fight we then shall be prepared to lay our bodies down to rest to await the morning of the resurrection when they will come forth and be reunited with the spirits, the faithful, as it is said, receiving crowns, glory, immortality and eternal lives, even a fullness with the Father, when Jesus shall present his work to the Father, saying `Father, here is the work thou gavest me to do.' "

Lorenzo Snow - "The ultimatum of our travel in this path of exaltation will bring us to the fullness of our Lord Jesus Christ, to stand in the presence of our Father, to receive of His fullness, to have the pleasure of increasing in our posterity worlds without end, to enjoy those pleasant associations that we have had in this life, to have our sons and our daughters, our husbands and our wives, surrounded with all the enjoyment that heaven can bestow, our bodies glorified like unto the Savior's, free from disease and all the ills of life, and free from the disappointments and vexations and the unpleasant sacrifices that we are making here."

President Spencer W. Kimball said, "An awareness of eternity affects our decisions. The more clearly we see eternity, the more obvious it becomes that the Lord's work in which we are engaged is one vast and grand work with striking similarities on each side of the veil. . . . If we live in such a way that the considerations of eternity press upon us, we will make better decisions."