The Sunday Post: Divine Potential
He Says: Have you ever seen Ripley's Believe it or not? So they once had an episode where they demonstrated the potential final products of a single block of iron. The market cost of the block of iron was about $5.00. From this one block, they could make a set of horseshoes that would be worth about $10.50, nails and pins that would sum to a net worth of $3,285 or watch springs that would be worth about $250,00. I know I didn't believe it myself, but hey it's Ripley's believe it or not. ;) It's interesting that this was the same block of iron that could produce drastically different products with drastically different values. The major difference that brought about these different results was and is simply which craftsman produced the final product. With all of us, we also have a choice of which craftsman's hands we will place ourselves in. Isaiah, a prophet in the old testament speaking for the Lord stated, "Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."(Isaiah 48:10; 1 Nephi 20:10) The Lord is often times referred to in the scriptures as the "refiner." He will make of our lives a wonderful work. What better way to reach our divine potential, than putting our lives in the hands of Him who truly knows what potential we have?
She says: I've been thinking about potential a lot lately. It started because of a writing assignment we were given in one of my modern dance classes of all places. We had to decide what it is that we "stand on", why it matters, and when it has mattered. I decided that right now I'm standing on potential, specifically the potential that I have as a daughter of God. Low and behold the topic discussed in Sacrament meeting today was our divine potential. Coincidence? I think not!
Why do I say I stand on potential? Because the knowledge that I have of my potential gives me hope in the future. Faith that I can become the person the Lord knows that I can be. This gives me the endurance needed to overcome some of the pains of life, petty or exhausting. This matters every time I put myself down by comparing myself to someone else. It matters every time doubt creeps into my thoughts. It has mattered in different events of my past and it means everything to my future. I have the potential to become a better daughter, daugter-in-law, sister, and sister-in-law. I have the potential to become the kind of spouse I want to be and I have the potential to one day be a mother. To be a mother; to one day take on the responsibility and blessing of nurturing and caring for a few of God's children, who will be able to stand on the same potential that I am standing on right now. I have the potential to become a better disciple of Christ, to become a better teacher, to develop existing talents and learn new ones, to create, to serve, to carry the burdens of my neighbor, and to one day in the eternities gain an understanding of infinite love. To me, my potential to become more than I was yesterday, and more than I was today, means everything; and that matters every day.
She says: I've been thinking about potential a lot lately. It started because of a writing assignment we were given in one of my modern dance classes of all places. We had to decide what it is that we "stand on", why it matters, and when it has mattered. I decided that right now I'm standing on potential, specifically the potential that I have as a daughter of God. Low and behold the topic discussed in Sacrament meeting today was our divine potential. Coincidence? I think not!
Why do I say I stand on potential? Because the knowledge that I have of my potential gives me hope in the future. Faith that I can become the person the Lord knows that I can be. This gives me the endurance needed to overcome some of the pains of life, petty or exhausting. This matters every time I put myself down by comparing myself to someone else. It matters every time doubt creeps into my thoughts. It has mattered in different events of my past and it means everything to my future. I have the potential to become a better daughter, daugter-in-law, sister, and sister-in-law. I have the potential to become the kind of spouse I want to be and I have the potential to one day be a mother. To be a mother; to one day take on the responsibility and blessing of nurturing and caring for a few of God's children, who will be able to stand on the same potential that I am standing on right now. I have the potential to become a better disciple of Christ, to become a better teacher, to develop existing talents and learn new ones, to create, to serve, to carry the burdens of my neighbor, and to one day in the eternities gain an understanding of infinite love. To me, my potential to become more than I was yesterday, and more than I was today, means everything; and that matters every day.
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