Gratitude Challenge: Day 7!

I am grateful for time. Yesterday at a conference for missionaries our Mission President told us a story about when he was in high school. He mentioned when he was student body president and he was overwhelmed with how busy he was. One day he said to his mother, "I can't wait until this year is over!" His mom responded with something that really struck me, she said,

 “Don’t EVER wish away your time.”

Time is a great gift that our Father in Heaven has given us. His plan was for us to come to earth and learn and grow to become like His Son and to ultimately become like our Father in Heaven and have all that He has (See Romans 8:16-17). The time that He has blessed us with is for us to learn how to become like our Heavenly Father. The Book of Mormon states,

"For behold, this life is the TIME for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors." 

Alma 34:32 (emphasis added)

I know that God has blessed each and every one of us with the time that we need to "perform our labors" and I know that as we faithfully and wisely use our time to more fully walk in the path of the Savior we will be blessed so much more eternally.