Should I Love God?

First and foremost, this post is short and sweet. This post should take up to three minutes to five minutes to read.

Have you ever ask yourself a few questions that relates to should I love God and why should I love God?

He has done so much for you and I hope one day if you haven't already, acknowledge some things that he has done for you. It can be simple as watching over your family and always ensure that they will be safe and protected whenever they are away from home.

You don't need to have a strong faith to believe in God, you are his son or daughter who he cares about. God may not prove it to you often but you need to do your part to trust in him.

He always cares about you, he loves you, he trusts you, he knows your past, he knows what the future holds for you, he is always mindful of your needs, he won't ever leave you alone, he is always feeling joy whenever you are feeling joy, he is always feeling happy whenever you are feeling happy, and so forth.
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I would like to share with you part of Dieter F. Utchdorf's talk "The Love of God" when he said about why should we love God.

"Why Should We Love God?
God the Eternal Father did not give that first great commandment because He needs us to love Him. His power and glory are not diminished should we disregard, deny, or even defile His name. His influence and dominion extend through time and space independent of our acceptance, approval, or admiration.

No, God does not need us to love Him. But oh, how we need to love God! For what we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are and who we will become.

"Though we are incomplete. God loves us completely. Though we are
imperfect, he loves us perfectly though we may feel lost and without
compass God's love encompasses us completely."
- President Dieter F.
Utchdorf.

We are created in the image of our heavenly parents; we are God’s spirit children. Therefore, we have a vast capacity for love it is part of our spiritual heritage. What and how we love not only defines us as individuals; it also defines us as a church. Love is the defining characteristic of a disciple of Christ.

Since the beginning of time, love has been the source of both the highest bliss and the heaviest burdens. At the heart of misery from the days of Adam until today, you will find the love of wrong things. And at the heart of joy, you will find the love of good things."

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How to Bear Up Someone's Burdens with Ease?

First and foremost, this post is short and sweet.

Have you ever tried doing ways to help someone's burdens to feel ease?
Have you ever thought about how you can bear your burdens with ease?

Have you ever thought about praying for guidance and asking Heavenly Father to help you press forward as each day goes by?

Well, this post may help to answer your questions. This post is based on a April 2014 General Conference talk and it is called, "Bear Up Their Burdens with Ease" by David A. Bednar.

"We are not and never need be alone. We can press forward in our
daily lives with heavenly help." - David A. Bednar.

I would like to share with you some paragraphs what I liked as I was reading the talk and I hope you will learn something new.

The Strengthening Power of the Atonement.

Consider the Lord’s uniquely individual invitation to “take my yoke upon you.” Making and keeping sacred covenants yokes us to and with the Lord Jesus Christ. In essence, the Savior is beckoning us to rely upon and pull together with Him, even though our best efforts are not equal to and cannot be compared with His. As we trust in and pull our load with Him during the journey of mortality, truly His yoke is easy and His burden is light.

Not only does the Atonement of Jesus Christ overcome the effects of the Fall of Adam and make possible the remission of our individual sins and transgressions, but His Atonement also enables us to do good and become better in ways that stretch far beyond our mortal capacities. Most of us know that when we do things wrong and need help to overcome the effects of sin in our lives, the Savior has made it possible for us to become clean through His redeeming power.

But do we also understand that the Atonement is for faithful men and women who are obedient, worthy, and conscientious and who are striving to become better and serve more faithfully? I wonder if we fail to fully acknowledge this strengthening aspect of the Atonement in our lives and mistakenly believe we must carry our load all alone through sheer grit, willpower, and discipline and with our obviously limited capacities.

It is one thing to know that Jesus Christ came to the earth to die for us. But we also need to appreciate that the Lord desires, through His Atonement and by the power of the Holy Ghost, to enliven us not only to guide but also to strengthen and heal us."

If you want to read the whole talk in your free time, here's the link below.
www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/bear-up-their-burdens-with-ease

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Forget Me Not

First and foremost, this post is short and sweet. This post is based on a talk called "Forget Me Not" by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, General Relief Society Meeting of October 2011 General Conference. He explains a lot through the talk that it's the worth of reading the talk. I would like share with you a few paragraphs that I liked while I was reading the talk and I hope you will learn something new while you are reading this post.

"Forget not to be patient with yourself. Forget not the difference between good and foolish sacrifices. Forget not to be happy now. Forget not the 'why' of the Gospel. Forget not that the Lord loves you."

"A while ago I was walking through a beautiful garden with my wife and daughter. I marveled at the glory and beauty of God’s creation. And then I noticed, among all the glorious blooms, the tiniest flower. I knew the name of this flower because since I was a child I have had a tender connection to it. The flower is called forget-me-not.

I’m not exactly sure why this tiny flower has meant so much to me over the years. It does not attract immediate attention; it is easy to overlook among larger and more vibrant flowers; yet it is just as beautiful, with its rich colour that mirrors that of the bluest skies perhaps this is one reason why I like it so much.

And there is the haunting plea of its name. There is a German legend that just as God had finished naming all the plants, one was left unnamed. A tiny voice spoke out, “Forget me not, O Lord!” And God replied that this would be its name."

I loved when he mentioned, "Forget not to be patient with yourself. Forget not the difference between good and foolish sacrifices. Forget not to be happy now. Forget not the 'why' of the Gospel. Forget not that the Lord loves you."

I feel that we all must be patient with ourselves. We need to be happy now and we need to remember that the Lord loves us, each one of us.

I hope you have enjoyed reading of what I have shared with you. In your own time, you can read the talk. Here's the link. www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/10/forget-me-not

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