We Are Children Of God

We are children of God. With the noise and busyness of the world it is easy to lose sight of who we are, where we came from, the purpose of life, and where we are going. Some of us come to this knowledge early on, others find it later in life. Once found, we need to hold fast to that knowledge. It will help us with the challenges of earth life and help us enjoy the journey. 

Recently I read an article about a talk in which Thomas Monson, a modern-day prophet, quoted scripture, a Jesuit priest, and Mufasa ("Lion King") as he spoke with college students about who they are and why they are here on earth. To his references I've added a few that came to my mind as I pondered his message. 

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 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, 
that we are the children of God:

 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ+

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"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; 

we are spiritual beings having a human experience."*

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Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:

The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star,

Hath had elsewhere its setting,

And cometh from afar:

Not in entire forgetfulness,

And not in utter nakedness,

But trailing clouds of glory do we come

From God, who is our home~

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"Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. ... Remember who you are. ... Remember."^




+Romans 8: 16-17

* Pierre Teilhard de Charden; quote from Wikiquote
~William Wordsworth, Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood; quoted in Bartleby.com Great Books Online
^Lion King, Mufasa, the spirit of Simba's departed father; quoted in "Be a Light Unto the World"