My View of Life - Never Better!

What is the Purpose of Life?

This question seems to occupy the hearts of billions of people. To many it seems elusive, and unachievable. But to some, even me included, it's the simplest of all questions.

We are children of Almighty God. For me, this knowledge warms me clear through. However, with as much intelligence, knowledge and experience I can gain in this life, contemplating his love, his mercy, his magnanimity, leaves me to feel I only understand a drop in the bucket of who he is.

But that is the answer. It's outlined in numerous verses of scripture. One of the most popular verses is John Chapter 17 verse 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

And it gets easier. Our Heavenly Father made it so. John 3 verse 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Here we have scripture that teaches of Jesus Christ from before his birth as the first born spirit child of all of our Father's children, to all of his marvelous work in our behalf prior to his mortal birth, to his receiving a body from a mortal mother with gave him the ability to experience the entire realm of our experience, to his atonement, his crucifixion, his Resurrection, and to his workings with each child of God.

To know Jesus is to know our Father for they are one in purpose as Jesus emphasized many times. But it is much much more than even this. Our Father is our God. Do we not contemplate his majesty as we gaze into the heavens on a clear night. All we can see is our little galaxy, and yet we are children of the God of this universe whose creations are beyond our comprehension- world's without number.

He gives us some idea when he covenants with Abraham that even his seed as well as Isaac's and Jacob's would number as the sands of the sea or stars in the heavens. His work and his glory is to bring about the immortality and eternal life of his children, and to do this, he sent his beloved Son, Jesus Christ.

But how can we embrace our Father who is perfect, whose attributes we cannot even abide with or comprehend? Answer: He sent his beloved Son.

We can get to know Jesus Christ. And it's much more than just knowing him, it's to experience him. When we are baptized at age eight as the scriptures teach, our covenant relationship is born. He, as he promises the women at the well, will work with us as our advocate with the Father, that we might gain eternal life.

At baptism we covenant to have faith in him, keep his commandments, and take upon ourselves his name. He promises to be our advocate to our Father that we might have eternal life.

Just think of this every time you pray to Father, you pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Jesus is right there with you praying along with you that Father will grant your petition. Jesus is right there with you through every hill and valley, every high and low, and every happiness and sadness. The picture of him carrying you leaving just one footprint in the sand is true.

Jesus is the way, the truth, and the light. He is our only way home to our Father. He is the vine, we are the branches. Without him we can do nothing.

The answer in this life is to come unto him. Upon being baptized you receive the Holy Ghost. Through his power he will show us all things that we should do for he witnesses of Christ and he testifies of Christ.

Jesus employs no servant there. It is him who greets us we pass on to the spirit world at death. I can only weep as I contemplate the words I will say to him.

Thank thee for thy atonement-our at one ment together has made all the difference. Thank thee for being there during my numerous physical injuries-falling off the roof, falling out of the car, being hit by the car and so on. Thank thee with all my heart for comforting me when I was down and depressed wondering how I could go on. Thank thee for helping me to withstand the pain of rheumatoid arthritis for all those decades. Thank thee for helping me stay positive through cancer and it's debilitating effects. Thank thee for all the triumphs and successes. Thank thee for all the failures that helped me grow. Thank thee for sending me my beautiful wife. Thank thee for my wondrous children and grandchildren. Thank thee for blessing them as we prayed to our Father for them. Thank thee for helping me perform the duties of my jobs to the best of my ability. Thank thee for being there with me as I was tempted by Satan to take another path. Thank thee for helping me repent. Thank thee for blessing me with knowledge and wisdom as I studied. Thank thee for being there during the hours, days, weeks and months I cried as I thought of thee and struggled to know of thy ways and the way back to Father. Thank thee for watching over my home and making it a sanctuary of love, peace and harmony. Thank thee for helping me be an instrument in thy hands that we were able to lift and bless others. Thank thee for lifting my spirit that sometimes wavered under the stress of life's challenges. Thank thee for helping me repent when I did wrong or was unkind or unforgiving. Thank thee for spurring me on when I wanted to give up. Thank thee for helping me to love, be kind, and forgiving. Thank thee for these things and the myriad of other things thou hast helped and loved me through during this life. I love thee with everything thou hast helped me to become. I want to be with thee and our Father. Thou hast helped me be comfortable and at peace with thee and thy ways. I feel at home with thee. Thank thee for helping me to be so. Wouldest thou present me, with you, to Father?

Could the purpose of life be any more clear?