Life Purpose

Yesterday I taught a lesson entitled Our Purpose in Life. I think it was meant more for me than for the ten 14 and 15 year girls I was teaching. The first half reminded me to work on the basics of my spiritual life. The second half stated that we are responsible for putting all spiritual guidance into action. We can't just sit around and wait for our Father in Heaven to take care of everything for us and tell us what to do. Sometimes I wish he would just tell me what my future holds. Will I stay single forever or will I finally meet someone and get married? Will I have a family of my own? Will I be able to afford to buy a house one day or will I have to live in an apartment and pay rent for the rest of my life? Am I really working in a career that suits me? Would knowing the answers to all those questions make me happy? Probably not. It definately would not make me work hard at making all my dreams come true if I knew in the end the outcome wasn't what I wanted. So, I am glad I don't know what my future holds. I am glad that I have the opportunity to be responsible and work towards making my future the best for me. I am glad that I have a purpose in life. I am glad that I have lessons to learn, trials to go through, happy memories to experience, goals to complete and I am glad that I have a Father in Heaven who knows who I am and that he is cheering me on every step of the way and will guide me in the right direction once I take responsibility and then trust in Him.