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4 Ways to Remember Your Divine Worth
It’s easy to forget who we truly are—children of heavenly parents with inherent divine worth. Here are a few ways to remember.
Understanding our divine identity can give us strength, confidence, and purpose. But our daily lives are often filled with trials and distractions that can make it easy to lose sight of who we are as children of God with eternal worth and limitless potential.
Luckily, Church leaders have offered counsel to help us remember our divine worth.
1. Learn to Recognize the Spirit
“Spiritual worth means to value ourselves the way Heavenly Father values us, not as the world values us. Our worth was determined before we ever came to this earth. ‘God’s love is infinite and it will endure forever.’ …
“… When we feel the Spirit, … we recognize that what we feel comes from our Heavenly Father. …
“Imagine that you are reading the scriptures one morning and the Spirit softly whispers to you that what you are reading is true. Can you recognize the Spirit and be happy that you felt His love and were worthy to receive?
“… We may seldom, if ever, receive huge spiritual manifestations in our lives; but we can frequently savor the sweet whisperings of the Holy Ghost verifying the truth of our spiritual worth.”1
—Sister Joy D. Jones, former Primary General President
2. Stay on the Path of Discipleship
“Maybe obedience is not so much the process of bending, twisting, and pounding our souls into something we are not. Instead, it is the process by which we discover what we truly are made of.
“We are created by the Almighty God. He is our Heavenly Father. We are literally His spirit children. We are made of supernal material most precious and highly refined, and thus we carry within ourselves the substance of divinity.
“… The dust and filth of the world stain our souls, making it difficult to recognize and remember our birthright and purpose.
“But all this cannot change who we truly are. The fundamental divinity of our nature remains. And the moment we choose to incline our hearts to our beloved Savior and set foot upon the path of discipleship, something miraculous happens. The love of God fills our hearts, the light of truth fills our minds, we start to lose the desire to sin, and we do not want to walk any longer in darkness.
“We come to see obedience not as a punishment but as a liberating path to our divine destiny. And gradually, the corruption, dust, and limitations of this earth begin to fall away. Eventually, the priceless, eternal spirit of the heavenly being within us is revealed, and a radiance of goodness becomes our nature.”2
—President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, former Second Counselor in the First Presidency
3. Look for God’s Hand in Your Life
“What should you be looking for in your own life? What are God’s miracles that remind you that He is close, saying, ‘I am right here’? Think of those times, some daily, when the Lord has acted in your life—and then acted again. …
“… Each of us has divinity within us. When we see God working through us and with us, may we be encouraged, even grateful for that guidance. When our Father in Heaven said, ‘This is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man’ [Moses 1:39], He was talking about all of His children—you in particular.”3
—Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
4. Don’t Lose Sight of Your Divine Identity
“There is one important identity we all share now and forever, one that we should never ever lose sight of. … You are and always will be a spirit child of God. …
“The foundational fact of heavenly parentage is not just my truth or your truth. It is eternal truth. It is written in big, bold, capital letters. Understanding this truth—really understanding it and embracing it—is life changing. It gives you an extraordinary identity that no one can ever take away from you. But more than that, it should give you an enormous feeling of value and a sense of your infinite worth. Finally, it provides you a divine, noble, and worthy purpose in life. …
“… I plead with each of you to please keep your divine identity at the center of everything you do.”4
—President M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles