Have you ever thought ” did i really start life here on earth or did i live before this life?”. If you have wondered this question I have the answer for you. i will give you a brief explanation for you. In the proclamation to the family is is put simply but there is tons of scripture to help define it more in depth.
In the family proclaim we are told that we are sons and daughters of God. We lived in heaven with Him before we came to earth. He raised us as a family and knew us individually. Yet while we were there we were only spirits. we hadn’t yet gain a body. Our Heavenly Father had a body and He presented a plan to us that we could come down to earth and gain a body and learn to obey all God’s commandments. part of this plan we were giving the atonement of Jesus christ to help us fix our mistakes.
The adversary ( satan ) has tried his best to hid this from us. He know that knowing the we are God’s children and that our Heavenly Father knows us personally. Satan knows this is something we can draw strength from and hope that will give us power to resist him.
Having a body is part of the Plan of Happiness because think of all the joys that come with it that we could never have with out a physical body. I love the feeling of being in the sunshine and sledding in the winters. the smell of freshly cut grass. the ability to hug the ones i love brings such joy and peace. this is just a small part of all the blessing that come from having a physical body. Our Father wanted to give us this joy and happiness.
Satan was not able to gain a body because he rejected this plan. For this reason he despises us and wants to make us miserable. He tries all he can to bring us down and ruin the plan.
I want to tell you all not to give up have hope! this week i challenge you to find something new you enjoy because you have a physical body and thank you Heavenly father for that.
Cole Bowman 