All that God has Given

  Each of us has a purpose to life, each of us is loved, and our Heavenly Father loves and cares for each one of us as individuals. President Uchtdorf second counselor in the first presidency said "... God is fully aware that you and I are not perfect. Let me add: God is also fully aware that the people you think are perfect are not. And yet we spend so much time and energy comparing ourselves to others—usually comparing our weaknesses to their strengths. This drives us to create expectations for ourselves that are impossible to meet. As a result, we never celebrate our good efforts because they seem to be less than what someone else does."

  Heavenly Father has given us all talents and abilities, some talents may be things that everyone can see and acknowledge such as musical talents and sports. Others are blessed with the ability to be kind to everyone or the talent of being a hard worker.  The talents we are given are not to be compared with others, God gave us all individual talents. Our talents help us to accomplish our divine purposes here on Earth. 

  As I was growing up I was constantly comparing myself to others thinking how unfair it was that God gave all my friends these wonderful talents and I didn't feel like I had received any. I was unaware that by comparing myself to everyone I was not only creating unhappiness in my life, but I was also telling Heavenly Father I was not grateful for what I was given and because of that I was  unable to live up to my full potential. I no longer dwell in the negative, I try my best to show my Heavenly Father I am grateful for all I have been given by using the talents that he has provided me with. 

  Let us be grateful for the things we are given, let us utilize the many gifts we have been given. One of my favorite hymns is Because I have been given much:

Because I have been given much, I too must give.

Because of thy great bounty, Lord each day I live.

I shall divide my gifts from thee with every brother that I see,

who has the need of help from me.

Be Grateful for what you are given, God makes no mistakes. Every soul is precious in the sight of God. We have all been given wonderful talents and abilites, let us use our gifts to lift up others and to show our Heavenly Father we are grateful for all he has given us.I know that Heavenly Father knows and loves you he has blessed us with so many wonderful abilities to make the world a better place. Remember, you are not alone. God loves you!

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