Theses might seem like unconnected words, but let me explain.
WARNING: This is not going to be a happy-go-lucky post like my last one.
Its actually quite frightening and for someone who is afraid of everything its proof that I have really been thinking about it a lot lately.
Imagine a target.
Well here's a picture so you don't have to imagine:
This is a truth that my Book of Mormon teacher taught and my mom and I have developed the idea.
Liken the target to our life starting from the outside going in:
1. Imagine all of the people that God created
(that's a lot!)
2. Imagine the people that used their agency to follow Satan
(1/3 of all God's children)
3. Now imagine the children who decided to follow Heavenly Father and to come to earth.
(2/3 of all of God's children)
4. Now imagine those who where chosen to come to this earth.
(Chapter heading to Moses 1: Moses sees many inhabited worlds—Worlds without number were created by the Son)
5. Now think of the 7 dispensations of the earth.
(A gospel dispensation is a period of time in which the Lord has at least one authorized servant on the earth who bears the keys of the holy priesthood.
Starters of each dispensation:
Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus Christ, and Joseph Smith)
6. Imagine all of those chosen to come down in this the final and last dispensation.
(The dispensation begun by Joseph Smith is known as the “dispensation of the fulness of times.”
All keys of past dispensations have been restored.)
7. Now imagine the percentage of people who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
(13,824,854 members/6,885,310,222 world population=0.1%)
8. Now think of those who are active members of the Church.
9. Now think of those who (currently/soon to) serve missions for the Lord.
(51,736 missionaries/13,824,854 members=0.3%)
10. This is me.
(and all of my friends who are serving missions)
Yes, now that I have made the decision to turn in my mission papers, I am definitely feeling the effects of being Satan's target.
And its only going to get worse until I leave.
The next post will be happier.
Jess, this is beautiful :) I LOVE this analogy in every way possible, I don't think that it's a downer post at all! I think it is a truth that sometimes as members and future missionaries we forget...so thanks for sharing :) I really enjoyed it! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Micquellyn :) Maybe it's just sort of a downer for me because I'm seriously starting to feel Satan's influence a lot more lately...and its scary. But, "Be still and know that I am God."
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