Last semester was ridiculously crazy. This semester, my 7th at BYU-wow, will also be ridiculously crazy. That's what happens when you start finding more things that you're passionate about. You can't give any of them up. Because of last year's crazy schedule and class problems, I wasn't able to take a religion class. I didn't realize how much that impacted me until I sat in my current religion class for the first time this week. We started singing the opening hymn, and then immediately broke open the scriptures and started learning. The gospel is amazing. The spirit is amazing. Put both together and wow.
Who am I is such a relevant question in the world today as so many expectations and opinions are thrown at us. In class, we learned about how special we are. In Moses 1:4, 6, 7-Moses is called "my son" by Christ through divine investiture. If we are God's sons and daughters, what is our potential? The more we ask what our purpose on this earth is, the more we will find that purpose. The Lord wants to help us understand who we are, we must allow him to. In Moses 7:36, God says, "I can stretch forth mine hands and hold all the creations which I have made". If he can hold all of creations, which equal to more than we can ever comprehend, in just his hands, then why did he place me on this earth? On the earth that he sent his Only Begotten Son to die. Why did he come to the same earth that I get to be on? Breathing the same air that my Savior breathed. The final answer is not one that I yet understand, but I know that as I attend the temple and continuously ask in prayer, I will come to understand my purpose.
This scripture has come to mean a lot to me through experiences and study in this class. The Lord can stretch forth his hands and hold us all. Yet he chooses to hold us all in his heart. The fact that the God and Savior of the universe love us enough to allow us to experience difficulties in life on this earth, this chosen earth, shows how much they believe in us. The principle of everlasting love and trust shown towards us from God, should make us know who we are. We are his sons and daughters with eternal potential.
While living in Africa this summer, I had a question similar to "why am I here". Why do I get to live in America and truly have everything I could need to be happy while some of the Ghanaians don't even have houses or food. The amazing thing I found, was that despite the lack of physical possessions, the Ghanaians were happy. Mosiah 2:41 explains that as long as people keep the commandments, they will be blessed in all things, "both temporal and spiritual". If the key to happiness is keeping the commandments, which we know came from God, the very God that sent his son to the same earth that we were chosen to be on, how can we refuse to keep his commandments?
Although life and all that comes with it can be difficult, having the knowledge that the Lord loves us and has a divine purpose for us, we can move forward in humility and faith, striving to do what the Lord has planned for us on the earth.
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