“… Before we complain about the curriculum in mortality, or more correctly our current class schedules (life situations and problems) we would do well to remember who designed the curriculum and to allow for how ever many other places it has successfully been used (He has created and peopled ‘worlds without end’).
True there are more things to be done than we do, more opportunities for service than are used. True we make mistakes. Even some of our achievements are flawed by lack of finesse. True there are some flat periods when we may feel underwhelmed. In such situations, however, we had best get back to the basics of why we are here. … (said) from God about our being placed on this planet, the basic objective of life on this planet was stated: ‘And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them.’ (Abraham 3:25).
This is a pithy but sweeping declaration of divine intent. (This) second estate has been carefully structured so as to carry out that intent. To misunderstand this straightforward and tutorial purpose of life as a proving process is to make a fundamental error which insure that thousands of additional errors will naturally follow. If our focus on the fundamental purpose of life is blurred, we will not see “things as they really are” (Jacob 4:13) ~Neal A. Maxwell, ‘The Inexhaustible Gospel’, 2004 p.116 (emphasis added)
Elder Neal A. Maxwell, (deceased) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Christ’s restored church in these, the latter days. That quorum, a governing body, has the same power and authority as Peter and the Apostles of old. Elder Maxwell was known for his very poignant ‘word smithing’, expressing God’s agenda in truth and power… consistently causing each vulnerable heart, to feel and desire a greater commitment to Christ himself. This is not to deminish the talents of the other Apostles in that same quorum. Collectively, with many hundreds of years of experience, their talents enhanced by Christ’s direct influence, cause His latter-day work to roll forward to all the world, unstoppable. kdm
