We love going to the pool in our neighborhood. One of the best parts is riding in the back of daddies truck.
The Infinite Atonement (Illustrated Edition) by Tad R. Callistar
Pg. 247--Elder Boyd K Packer tells of coming home one day and being met by his little children, who were anxious to show him some newly hatched chicks. As his little four-year-old daughter picked one of them up Elder Packer said, "That will make a nice watchdog when it grows up, won't it?" His daughter looked at him with an expression that suggested he did not know much. So he said, "It won't be a watchdog, will it?" She shook her head and replied, "No, Daddy." Then he added, "It will be a nice riding horse." His little daughter gave him "that 'Oh, Dad?' look." Then he said, "Even a four-year old knows that a chick will not grow to be a dog, not a horse, nor even a turkey. It will be a chicken. It will follow the pattern of its parentage." President John Taylor taught this principle by asking a series of rhetorical question: "What will the boys be when they are grown up? They will be men, will they not? They are now the sons of men. If a man be inducted into the family of God, and becomes a son of God what will he become when he gets his growth? You can figure that out yourselves." Who among us can sing that stirring song, "I Am a Child of God," without instinctively sensing our divine potential?
Growing up I was taught that I was a daughter of God. In our youth program we studied our Divine Nature. I wish now that I could have seen what exactly my Divine Nature was. As I have grown I have felt that power and held that knowledge so much better, I know there is more and I look forward to learning it. If I could instill one thing in my children, it would be to have them know that they are a child of God and that He loves them. This knowledge can fight the fight, can conquer the trials, and will help us return to live with Him in Heaven to become Gods and Goddesses as He is.
The Infinite Atonement (Illustrated Edition) by Tad R. Callistar
Pg. 247--Elder Boyd K Packer tells of coming home one day and being met by his little children, who were anxious to show him some newly hatched chicks. As his little four-year-old daughter picked one of them up Elder Packer said, "That will make a nice watchdog when it grows up, won't it?" His daughter looked at him with an expression that suggested he did not know much. So he said, "It won't be a watchdog, will it?" She shook her head and replied, "No, Daddy." Then he added, "It will be a nice riding horse." His little daughter gave him "that 'Oh, Dad?' look." Then he said, "Even a four-year old knows that a chick will not grow to be a dog, not a horse, nor even a turkey. It will be a chicken. It will follow the pattern of its parentage." President John Taylor taught this principle by asking a series of rhetorical question: "What will the boys be when they are grown up? They will be men, will they not? They are now the sons of men. If a man be inducted into the family of God, and becomes a son of God what will he become when he gets his growth? You can figure that out yourselves." Who among us can sing that stirring song, "I Am a Child of God," without instinctively sensing our divine potential?
Growing up I was taught that I was a daughter of God. In our youth program we studied our Divine Nature. I wish now that I could have seen what exactly my Divine Nature was. As I have grown I have felt that power and held that knowledge so much better, I know there is more and I look forward to learning it. If I could instill one thing in my children, it would be to have them know that they are a child of God and that He loves them. This knowledge can fight the fight, can conquer the trials, and will help us return to live with Him in Heaven to become Gods and Goddesses as He is.
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