"He Loveth His Children..."

"And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things" (1 Ne. 11:17).

This is a beautiful scripture in which Nephi tells the angel with whom he is speaking that he had a testimony of God's love for him and everyone else, but that he had weaknesses, including the weakness that he did not understand, or even know, the meaning of all things. This powerful testimony teaches us that God does, indeed, love all of us, but not all things will be made known to us right now. We all need to learn line upon line, just as Christ did.

We all should shoot for this testimony. We need to have faith that our Heavenly Father loves us. However, we should also know that He will not always let us know everything right now. For many things, we need to wait for a while before we can understand. These things include dinosaurs, exactly how the Earth was created, why some things happen to us and not to others, why the children in Africa, or even the children here, need to die.

A long time ago, we were all with the Father. We lived with Him; we knew Him; we knew Jehovah, who is now known as Jesus Christ; we knew Lucifer, who is now known as Satan; we all knew each other. Our Father knew us, and He still does. Now we all here on Earth for the sole purpose of becoming like God. He is still our Father. He loves us all, no matter what we do.

I hope that each person on Earth will one day understand God's love. He does, indeed, love us all. Do not ever forget this one great doctrine.