A Divine DestinyProc Week

Did you know I have a divine destiny? Seriously. I do.

I also have a divine nature. Yep. I’m pretty much a goddess.

At least . . . at some point on the time-space continuum I have hopes . . .

Right now I’m just a mamma living in typical suburbia. I have my days when I cuss a storm and stamp my foot – the brand new bottle of baby shampoo is poured all over the bathroom floor, or the garbage is spread all over my newly cleaned floors with compliments from a baby . . . one of the babies. It could have been both.

Then there are days when seriously, I am mo’ righteous. I do my scripture study. I help my widow neighbor. I write in my journal. I have dinner ready and the house clean and my husband is met with a kiss and my life is pretty much perfect.

My visiting teacher is the Young Women’s President in our ward (she is MO Righteous), and one day she was telling me all about Divine Nature (check July or August – maybe September RS message), and I thought: I wish I had time to work on my divine nature. In Young Women’s you not only have time, but you have half a dozen people on hand just wishing they could help you, on top of everything else they have in their lives, because you are so important to them. How would that be: 

YW President: Hi Andrea, can I come clean your house today so you can work on your divine nature?

ME: YES!

And then YW President comes over WITH a carton of Ben & Jerry’s.

But that time of my life has passed. If I’m honest in my reflections, I had a wonderful youth, filled with wonderful leaders and wholesome activities and good friends that all helped me take advantage of the time of life when life was about . . . well, me.

Now life is no longer about me. It’s about my family. My husband, and my little ones are the center of EVERYTHING I do. 

And yet the Lord has proclaimed: 

All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. . . In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshiped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize his or her divine destiny as an heir of eternal life.

Wow, there is so much doctrine in there. But I am going to focus on the central point: that we have a divine destiny to fulfill. We are able to realize that destiny through our personal progression. 

Life is no longer about me, and still look at all the progression I have made in the past seven years . . . I know how to plunge a toilet, I can fix the spark plugs in the Jeep, I can build a website for my husband’s growing company, I can understand Olivia more than anyone else. I can calm Calvin down when he’s crying. I am a great listener to Wyatt. I make amazing corn chowder.  

This is just the tip of the ice burg! 

Heavenly Father designed a plan for us to be happy. There are some very key elements to our perfect happiness, the beginning of which is happiness in our selves. If we are happy with who we are, and embrace the potential God has given us, then we are truly useful in giving happiness to others.