Direction in Life

Can you imagine drifting through life without thinking it had a purpose? Trying to imagine my life without Heavenly Father in it is difficult. It would be bleak and so pointless. Thankfully, I know that there is a Heavenly Father. I was thinking a lot about the way knowing this changes my life. By knowing that there is a Father in Heaven it then leads to the question what does that Heavenly Father want for me?? He wants us to have his greatest gift, which is eternal life. “If you keep my commandments and endure to the end you shall have eternal life, which gift is the greatest of all the gifts of God.” Knowing that, gives me a whole new goal and purpose. Eternal life. That is what I want, eternal life, the greatest gift from God. The next logical thing to look at is what do I need to do to obtain this gift. “press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, … [we] shall have eternal life.” In this scripture it says keep the commandments, which requires that we KNOW the commandments and endure to the end. I think enduring to the end has a lot to do with keep that goal constantly in mind. Elder Nelson sums this up in his talk when he said, “Brothers and sisters, our busy lives force us to focus on things we do from day to day. But the development of character comes only as we focus on who we really are. To establish and accomplish those greater goals, we do need heavenly help.”