Divine Value

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. Its not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

--Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Speech, 1994

This is my all time favorite quote! It goes quite nicely with the topic for

Month 1: Week 2

When Jesus Christ went into the wilderness to fast it was right after He was baptized and had received a confirmation of the Spirit (in the form of a dove) that He was in fact, THE Son of God. He knew that He was the Messiah!

After fasting FORTY days He is tempted by Satan. James E Talmage tells us in his book Jesus the Christ that Satan's temptation was not in the act of making stone into bread, which He could have easily done, but in the IF. "...If thou be the Son of God.." Satan's temptation from beginning to end is a taunt to try to make Jesus believe that He was not Divinity.

Jesus knew and did not doubt the Spiritual confirmation which He had received. He knew that He had the power of God and didn't need to prove that by shrinking to ridiculous "signs."

Satan doesn't want us to remember that we are children of God and as such, have the opportunity to be crowned with His glory in the hereafter. That is why Satan is always trying to convince us that we are small, insignificant, and hopeless. We have a great work to do in this life and in the one to come. The only way to stop us is to convince us that we are not worthy.

The point of life is not to be perfect, the point of life is to make mistakes.

As we learn to realize that we are deserving of Christ's atonement, we learn to see ourselves as He sees us, at our full Spiritual potential.

This week, I am not going to let my insecurities get the better of me. I'm not going to worry about what other people are thinking about me. I am going to be ME to the fullest. I am going to give all that i have to give to the world. I hope that you will be able to do the same!