What God Means To Me

Much of society is drifting away from God, and even deliberately rejecting Him. Plenty of people still would never dream of doing that, but many people do dream of it and do do it. In this land where the rejecters are prominent, I am taking this opportunity to share my heartfelt feelings toward God—specifically toward my treasured Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Supreme Being who is both Christ’s Father and my Heavenly Father.

First of all, I want to declare that I love my Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ with all that I am. A certain conundrum presents itself whenever I’m openly expressing my love for these two people: because my love for them is great, the words come easily, yet so many other words remain that I don’t know how to say or don’t even know exist.

From the bottom of my heart, I thank Heavenly Father for graciously giving His Son as a most precious gift to me and to all mankind. I also thank Him for faithfully making sure to always be there to hear me pray, and for answering my sincere prayers unfailingly—even when the answers often don’t show their faces at the exact times and places I predict.

I’m gratefully glad to live in a day and age and nation that grants me the freedom to have my very own copy of the holy scriptures to read and study. I believe these scriptures are the word of God, as long as they are correctly translated. They too are Heavenly Father’s gift to me, and the content therein, through the power of the Holy Ghost, teaches me what to do in order to live with my Heavenly Family again forever.

I feel God’s love for me whenever my nose is in those wonderful books. I also feel His love so purely, pleasantly, and profoundly whenever I’m doing things like serving His children, singing His praises, or even just glancing at reverently and beautifully crafted artwork that features the Savior. Especially when I see a lovely image of Jesus’ face, it feels like He is looking and smiling right at me, and it is one of the best feelings in the world to me. I eagerly anticipate the day when my physical eyes will finally see His physical face, looking and smiling right at me.

I know the day will come when I will see Jesus again. I will see Him again. And I hope that when I do see Him again, He and I will exchange incredibly happy ear-to-ear smiles. I also can’t wait to hug Him. A hug from the Savior? Could it possibly get much better than that?

I know that Jesus soon will reign personally and triumphantly on this earth. After coming here once 2,000 years ago to be rejected by many, He will come again a second time, and will be rejected by no one. Every knee shall bow, and every voice shall proclaim Him King of kings and Lord of lords.

The more I think about everything there is to think about, the more solidly I realize that God has everything to do with everything. He is the originator of everything. He is in, through, and around everything. He is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. I’m not sure whether to classify this as a phenomenon or a miracle, but although God is all of this, He is also constantly and tenderly mindful of the common human soul:

“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained… What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?” (Psalms 8:3-4)

God—our Heavenly Father—loves us flawlessly and forever, as does His Beloved Son Jesus Christ. And when I say “us,” I mean you, me, and everyone. In a secular society that’s filled with ample rejection of Deity, may we be able to make our way to God’s side, do what we can to stay there, and sense Him looking and smiling right at us, which truly is one of the best feelings in all the world.