Do we know and remember that we are children of a Heavenly Father who loves us perfectly?
Many of the Savior’s parabolic teachings focus on gathering, restoring, or striving to find that which has been scattered or lost. Among these are the parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son.
I have found myself thinking a lot lately about striving to find those who have become lost.
Religion is not only about our relationship with God; it is also about our relationship with each other.
Are we passively attending church or actively creating communities whose purpose is to worship, remember Christ, and minister to one another?
This is a good question both individually and collectively.
For the record, Jasper is witty, affectionate, intelligent, and rambunctious. But the key to this story is he is mine. He is my son, and I love him more than he will ever know. If an imperfect, earthly father feels this way about his child, can you imagine how a perfect, glorified, loving Heavenly Father feels about you?
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