rise to the divinity

I Live! Just not on the bloggie this week. Lots o' stuff to do lately - some fun - some work. But I've got to move my letters post down. I'll post one of my 99 drafts that somehow never make it to PUBLISH.

I recently read these quotes when preparing other lessons and loved the message President Hinckley taught.

Loved it for myself... to remind myself that God has blessed me with certain talents... that I am here to succeed no matter how hard it gets. His message is positive and inspiring to me.

Also loved it for my kiddos... to love themselves and know why they are so important - they are children of God.

Truth is good.

Indeed.

President Hinckley issues the challenge to “. . . every one of you who can hear me, to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to be a Child of God, to have within us something of the Divine Nature?” Gordon B. Hinckley, “Each a Better Person,” Ensign, Nov 2002, 99

“Never forget that you came to earth as a child of the divine Father, with something of divinity in your very makeup. The Lord did not send you here to fail. He did not give you life to waste it. He bestowed upon you the gift of mortality that you might gain experience—positive, wonderful, purposeful experience—that will lead to life eternal. He has given you this glorious Church, His Church, to guide you and direct you. . . May God bless you richly and abundantly, my dear young friends, His wonderful daughters.” Gordon B. Hinckley, “How Can I Become the Woman of Whom I Dream?,” Ensign, May 2001, 93