A Few Things To Think About

Whenever I hear the song I Am A Child Of God, three things come to my mind. 

First, I remember the time that my oldest brother sang the song at his missionary homecoming in Korean.  (He served for two years as a Mormon missionary in Seoul, Korea.)  His solo has made a lasting impression on my life.  I love my brother.  He is a great man!

The next thing that I am reminded of is a woman named Aimee that I met while I was serving as a missionary in the St. Louis area.  Aimee struggles with mental illness and sometimes we didn't know what kind of mood she was going to be in.  I will never forget the time that my companion and I sang I Am A Child Of God to her as a way to teach her that we are all God's children.  Aimee has been on my mind today and I hope that she is doing okay.

The last thing I think about during this special song is each of my children, when they were newborn babies.  This was the first song that I sang to each of them while we were still in the hospital.  I am growing to love my children more and more each day.  Each of them have unique personalities that fit perfectly into our family.

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I have two questions that you can ask yourself right now.  (This came from Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi of Quorum of the Seventy at a zone conference in October 1998.)  The questions are:  1) Do you know you have a Heavenly Father and that He loves you very much?  2) Do you know He has a plan for you to return home to Him? 

I know that there is a plan for us here on earth.  We weren't born by chance.  We are given tests and trials that can help us become stronger...if we let them.  I know that God lives and I know that He loves us and knows each one of us individually.  We are his children.

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To hear I Am A Child Of God, go here.