“We'll see in Heaven.”

“We'll see in Heaven.”

My husband has laughed at me through the years when I've used this as my closing statement during discussions, differences of opinion, or disagreements. Sometimes there is no way of proving anything, or truly expressing how you feel and this just has to be the final word.

The instant replay in sporting events to prove or disprove the accuracy of the call is handy and pretty effective but we just don't have one in real life. We only see what is in front of our eyes, through our own reference point, and sometimes our eyes might be observing something but our mind is somewhere else. Such imperfect beings...

As a follow up to my “Earth's DVDs” post I would like to talk about watching my own life on whatever form of viewing there is in the afterlife. I've read a few books about other's experiences with dying and returning to life over the years. From everything I've read, which can never be proven as fact, I think we will see events in our lives again. Painful or joyful, we will all review our mortal experiences.  

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From KJV Roman 14:10 

(Random choice, there are MANY scriptures verifying this.)

 ….We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, 

every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 

So then everyone of us shall give account of himself to God. 

Following this “judgment” experience we will know a few things:

1. Our Heavenly Father loves us unconditionally.
2. Heavenly Mother loves us unconditionally.
3. Jesus loves us unconditionally.
4. But with our gift of agency, day by day, we have chosen our own eternal destiny.
5. There will be no doubt about where we belong.

Several books talked about seeing how our choices affected others. Ouch. I sincerely don't want to see myself hurting ANYONE... but I am human, and I'm sure there are times I was very insensitive or unaware of my comments or actions possible hurtful nature.

TO THE WORLD: I APOLOGIZE!

The other side of that coin is that others will see how their choices affected me. Maybe it's my memory in my old age, or the legitimate empty spaces in my brain, but I can't recall anyone intentionally or unintentionally hurting me... so easy to forgive when you sincerely can't remember  I so hope to peacefully and contentedly maintain that attitude as I age.

Peace and blessins... as they say. 

Earth's DVDs - The Highlights

For temple attending Latter Day Saints around the world the news that there is a new temple movie is met with great enthusiasm. Service in the temple is always brightened and renewed by a change up of any kind. It is like the church assigned a script to different teams and allowed them to use their own imaginations and come up with a dramatization of it. They are each different but wonderful.

Long ago, a very wise and well-traveled church friend of mine once commented on the unimaginative nature of the Latter Day Saint congregations she had observed. “If the Second Coming doesn't look like the pictures, they won't recognize it!"

I have thought about that over the years and tried to picture the scriptures coming to life in my mind as I read. There are several events I can't wait to watch when I have access to “Earth's DVDs” on the other side. Imagine watching the story in I Kings 18 where the priests of Baal are calling and calling to their “dumb idols” to consume the bullock on the altar, followed by the prophet Elijah who then takes his turn to call upon the Lord. Fire descends from heaven and consumes the sacrifice, the altar, the stones and even the water in the trough around the altar... EVERYTHING. Talk about thrilling!

We have been given temples on earth for many reasons. They are places of worship and quiet communication with the Lord. They provide service opportunities, refuge from the cares of this world and glimpses of the peace we will feel in the next. If you have the ability, you will not regret going.

Agency

I am fascinated with the word "harrow" and always mark it in my scripture reading. This is a picture of a harrow. You can see the spine of spokes and how effective they would be if you pulled them over smooth farmland.

Alma 29:4 This scripture was interesting to read this morning and I had to ponder it a bit to grasp what it was actually saying. This would be my paraphrase:
It's not a good idea to let my selfish desires dig up, cut up and ruin the divine plan.

Our choices form our life and the danger is that we actually get what we want. Our desires can ruin the beautiful pattern He has for us unless they are the same as His desires are for us. Exercising my agency and directing my life according to my will brings inevitable consequences set up by a fair and loving Heavenly Father and the most tragic of events would be for me to choose "destruction" by small and simple unrighteous acts. When we align our will with HIS will our lives will be the most beautiful and spiritually successful lives we could possibly achieve.