In D&C 18:10 it reads, "Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God."
One of the first times I realized how great the worth of souls is was one year I was at girls' camp. We had a "faith walk" that our leaders had set up for all of us. Let me paint a picture. About 150 girls along with church leaders sat quietly in an outside theatre as reverent church music played from a small battery-powered stereo on stage. Stage left of the theatre was the path of the walk which was just a little dirt trail woven between trees and other stuff you find in the wilderness. If I remember correctly, along the path were scenes of Joseph Smith Jr.'s life experiences. Since there were so many people, only small groups could go through the walk at a time. I had the privelege of being one of the people to choose randomly who got to go on the walk and who stayed. What would happen was I would go to a bench and point to who would go next, and they would silently walk down to stage left and wait for someone else to take them along the path. I hope this makes sense. As I stood there on the stage looking up at all these beautiful young women and their leaders and bishops, I was filled with an incredible spirit. I realized how special each one of those girls was and still is in their Heavenly Father's eyes. I remember thinking, "How can I choose one over the other when they're each so special in their own way?" Fortunately each girl did get to go on the walk so it wasn't like I really did have a big choice to make. I am just so grateful for this experience that I had so many years ago. I know that we are each children of God and that we each have a divine purpose here on earth. I know that Heavenly Father loves us so much, and I'm sure He doesn't like it when we pick on ourselves and others. I know that as we strive to see ourselves and others through the eyes of our Father in Heaven, we will be a lot happier and a lot more capable of loving ourselves and others. I believe also that as we strive to see the worth of each person, our desire to share the gospel with others will increase. Whenever I say something mean about myself, I think about my mother's words. "Mean thoughts do not come from your Heavenly Father." So just remember - positive self-talk and positive others-talk is the way to go, for the worth of souls is great in the sight of God.
One of the first times I realized how great the worth of souls is was one year I was at girls' camp. We had a "faith walk" that our leaders had set up for all of us. Let me paint a picture. About 150 girls along with church leaders sat quietly in an outside theatre as reverent church music played from a small battery-powered stereo on stage. Stage left of the theatre was the path of the walk which was just a little dirt trail woven between trees and other stuff you find in the wilderness. If I remember correctly, along the path were scenes of Joseph Smith Jr.'s life experiences. Since there were so many people, only small groups could go through the walk at a time. I had the privelege of being one of the people to choose randomly who got to go on the walk and who stayed. What would happen was I would go to a bench and point to who would go next, and they would silently walk down to stage left and wait for someone else to take them along the path. I hope this makes sense. As I stood there on the stage looking up at all these beautiful young women and their leaders and bishops, I was filled with an incredible spirit. I realized how special each one of those girls was and still is in their Heavenly Father's eyes. I remember thinking, "How can I choose one over the other when they're each so special in their own way?" Fortunately each girl did get to go on the walk so it wasn't like I really did have a big choice to make. I am just so grateful for this experience that I had so many years ago. I know that we are each children of God and that we each have a divine purpose here on earth. I know that Heavenly Father loves us so much, and I'm sure He doesn't like it when we pick on ourselves and others. I know that as we strive to see ourselves and others through the eyes of our Father in Heaven, we will be a lot happier and a lot more capable of loving ourselves and others. I believe also that as we strive to see the worth of each person, our desire to share the gospel with others will increase. Whenever I say something mean about myself, I think about my mother's words. "Mean thoughts do not come from your Heavenly Father." So just remember - positive self-talk and positive others-talk is the way to go, for the worth of souls is great in the sight of God.
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