Living the Gospel Joyful} Part One

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Have you ever ask yourself or any of your relatives or any of your closest friends a question that relates to living the gospel joyful. For an example, "How can you live the Gospel joyfully?"

This post is part one. This post focuses on a October 2014 General Conference talk and it is called. "Living the Gospel Joyful" by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf." I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the talk and I hope you will learn something new.

President Uchtdorf has mentioned, " .. And, of course, I am eternally grateful to my wife, Harriet, who enchanted me as a teen, bore the heaviest burdens of our young family as a mother, stands with me as a wife, and loves and cherishes our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She has been the strength in our home during both good times and bad. She brings sunshine into the lives of all who know her.

.. Daughters of God
.. It is good to remember that you are always a child of God. This knowledge will carry you through the most difficult times in your life and will inspire you to accomplish remarkable things. .. You will always and forever remain a daughter of God.

Your Heavenly Father has high aspirations for you, but your divine origin alone does not guarantee you a divine inheritance. God sent you here to prepare for a future greater
than anything you can imagine. ..

For this reason, we speak of walking the path of discipleship. We speak of obedience to God’s commandments. We speak of living the gospel joyfully, with all our heart, might, mind, and soul.

God Knows Something We Don’t
And yet for some of us, obedience to God’s commandments doesn’t always feel very joyful. .. Perhaps during times such as these, we might find ourselves asking, “Do we really need to obey all of God’s commandments?”

"He is not waiting to love you until after you have overcome your weaknesses and bad habits. He loves you today with a full understanding of your struggles." - Dieter F. Uchtdorf. 

My response to this question is simple:
I think God knows something we don’t things that are beyond our capacity to comprehend! Our Father in Heaven is an eternal being whose experience, wisdom, and intelligence are infinitely greater than ours. .. He is also eternally loving, compassionate, and focused on one blessed goal: to bring to pass our immortality and eternal life.

In other words, He not only knows what is best for you; He also anxiously wants you to choose what is best for you. If you believe this in your hearts if you truly believe the great mission of our Heavenly Father is to exalt and glorify His children and that He knows best how to do it, doesn’t it make sense to embrace and follow His commandments, even the ones that appear difficult? ..

They mark the way back to our heavenly home! By choosing Heavenly Father’s path, you lay a divine foundation for your personal progress as a daughter of God that will bless you throughout your life.

Part of our challenge is, I think, that we imagine that God has all of His blessings locked in a huge cloud up in heaven, refusing to give them to us unless we comply with some strict, paternalistic requirements He has set up. But the commandments aren’t like that at all. .. It is our fear, doubt, and sin that, like an umbrella, block these blessings from reaching us.

.. We need to accept that the commandments of God aren’t just a long list of good ideas. .. So we have a choice. On the one hand, there is the opinion of the world with its ever-changing theories and questionable motives. On the other hand, there is God’s word to His children, His eternal wisdom, His certain promises, and His loving instructions for returning to His presence in glory, love, and majesty."

Stay Tuned until next time.