So, after my last thoughtful post, I went to church with the idea of creation and perfection in mind. During the Relief Society lesson on the Plan of Salvation, a certain portion stuck out to me.
Joseph Smith said, "We consider that God has created man with a mind capable of instruction, and a faculty which may be enlarged in proportion to the heed and diligence given to the light communicated from heaven to the intellect; and that the nearer man approaches perfection, the clearer are his views, and the greater his enjoyments, til he has overcome the evils of his life and lost every desire for sin; and like the ancients, arrives at that point of faith where he is wrapped in the power and glory of his Maker, and is caught up to dwell with Him. But we consider that this is a station to which no man ever arrived in a moment."
Perfection is a process and an eternal lifetime at that.
Thank you for this thought. It is exactly what I needed right now. :) (see my Openings and Art post)
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