“We knew that we would be tested here. Our determination was to live obediently to be able to return to be with our Father forever. Part of that testing here is to have so many seemingly interesting things to do that we can forget the main purposes for being here.”
“You can progress much more rapidly here on earth with your mortal body in this environment of good and evil than you will as a spirit in the spirit world.”
I love these two quotes from this talk. The first really puts in sharp focus the problem of having too much fun, too many activities, too much good literature, TV, movies and so on. The second hits upon a subject that I have spent alot of time thinking about. I am fascinated with the reasons why this earth had to be, and the reasons why having a body and being here are so crucial to our progression. What is it about living as we do that gives us the lessons we need to be more like God?
