"Heavenly Father offers to you the greatest gift of all—eternal life—and the opportunity and infinite blessing of your own “happily ever after.” "
https://www.lds.org/broadcasts/article/general-young-women-meeting/2010/03/your-happily-ever-after?lang=eng
- President Dieter F Uchdtdorf
" 10 ¶Who can find a
-Proverbs 31:10-12
The way the world is now days to be virtuous is considered a thing of the past, to have standards is mocked. But in reality it is our virtue and our divine attributes of womanhood that should be most cherished. To be selective of whom we give our hearts is what the Lord desires. To find men worthy of our love is important. The more I am out on my mission the more I realize the eternal perspective of marriage. It's not a matter of how much fun we have, if He plays guitar, if he sings well, is He attractive, all though all of those are major bonus points, what I am beginning to realize is important is does he honor his priesthood? Does he realize the worth of a daughter of god? Does he love his family? and how will He be as a future father.
To be virtuous goes so much deeper than virtuous actions. I have learned that it goes farther than the way I act into the way I think, and speak. Thoughts lead to words, words lead to action. To have clean language, and clean thoughts has become soooo important to me. I want to reflect my savior Jesus Christ in all that I do and say.
So many girls will do anything it takes to have the man of her dreams love her, they forget to stop and think of their worth to God. They are seeking to find love in all the wrong places. We lose track of our divine worth and our importance in the Kingdom of God. Girls, it is soooo important to know of your divinity, your worth to God. We as women are one of his most precious creations. DO NOT SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS. BE SURE THAT HE IS WORTHY OF YOUR HEART.
Trials come, the waves toss our ship, the wolves ascend and we forget who we are at times, we set our sites low and we become trapped in a place that we don't know how we got their. In a world less than happy. We seek to find happiness through falling in love. When I was fourteen a very good family friend of mine took me aside one day and he asked me "Ashley. Do you love yourself?" being a 14 year old girl my response was confused He then replied "Before you can give your heart to a man, before you can love any man, you must first LOVE YOURSELF" and that has stuck with me for the last 7 years... Before I give of my heart fully to anyone I must first know the worth of my own soul, I must first give of my heart to my Savior Jesus Christ. To be refined, to learn of pure love, trust, and faith. When we find who we are in Christ we will find others who have also found them selves in Him. We will have the holy ghost with us to show us of men who are worthy.
I have only been on my mission for 4 months and I have already learned so much about who I am and who the lord wants for me to become. My faith in My Father in Heaven is growing each and every day.
" 4 Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with asurety bhope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which chope cometh of dfaith, maketh an eanchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in fgood works, being led to gglorify God."
Ether 12:4 (book of Mormon)
My heart desires to have Christ anchoring my soul. I want for my roots to be planted so firmly that I wont shake when temptations come. When the whirlwinds of life come toward me I want to know that I love my father in heaven so much that I will do my best to not let him down, to not disappoint him.
"12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the arock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your bfoundation;
that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts
in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty cstorm
shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down
to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye
are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build
they cannot fall."
Heleman 5:12 (book of Mormon)
Don't give up, don't settle, your prince charming will come. Set your eyes for the highest, reach for the kingdom of god and he will direct you there. Follow the path back to the feet of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Know of your worth, your divine beauty, and set goals for the highest ways possible. Times get hard, smooth talkers come and go, heart breakers may come, BUT don't stop searching, don't lose hope, he is out there.
Self respect is key, if you respect yourself he will respect you. If you don't know of your beauty neither will he. Know your worth. You are a daughter of a king, our father in heaven created you. You are beautiful, inside and out. Keep pushing through.
We all make choices at times that make us feel like we aren't special or that we aren't worthy to be in the presence of God, we are human, and we give into the natural man. This is why our father in heaven sent his Son so that we could repent, we could change these actions, we can pray and ask for forgiveness and we can move forward in faith and hope. Repentance is here, forgiveness is obtainable. Just because you've wandered from the path never means that you should lose hope. Jesus Christ is waiting to receive you in his arms of mercy, to forgive you, to mend your broken heart, to heal your spirit and to make you whole. Finding Christ is finding yourself. When you find Christ lose yourself in His infinite love and find who he needs you to become. No person is ever to far gone to be forgiven. His atonement is infinite. Not only does is cover our sins. But it heals the wounds caused by sin. It heals the wounds caused by others actions. I know that each and every one of us can be healed through the Savior. He has healed my heart, and he has mended my soul. I am finding who I am and who I need to be through him. I know that this is possible for all who will take His name upon them. I know that we are all children of God and we can inherit his kingdom. We are children of a king.
"16 ¶For a God so b loved the c world, that he d gave his e only begotten f Son, that whosoever g believeth in him should not perish, but have h everlasting i life."
-John 3:16
Your are almost to your Happily Ever After. Fight for it. It is your right. Push through and never lose hope. <3
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