What should I be doing now. I mean, right now.

So, I've been reading about Abraham of old. You know, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That Abraham. The one who was given promises of seed as innumerable as the sands of the sea. Yeah. That guy.

Well, reading a little in the seminary manual for old testament, I came across this quote from Elder Bednar.

"Truly, great responsibility rests upon the seed of Abraham in these latter days. ... We are here upon the earth at this time to magnify the priesthood and to preach the gospel. That is who we are, and that is why we are here" -- Becoming a Missionary, Ensign or Liahona, Nov 2005.

It makes you take a step back and think, doesn't it. 

 Elder Bendar also said

"You may enjoy music, athletics, or be mechanically inclined, and someday you may work in a trade or a profession or in the arts. As important as such activities and occupations can be, they do not define who we are. First and foremost, we are spiritual beings. We are sons and [daughters] of God and the seed of Abraham." -- Becoming a Missionary, Ensign or Liahona, Nov 2005.

So, we go to school to develop talents and skills so we can be gainfully employed (get a job) We go to our job for a significant portion of our life. We stress, we worry, we work hard, we do our best to learn. But at the end of the day (or was it the beginning), we are "first and foremost, spiritual beings. Children of our Father in Heaven. So, if you knew that was true, what should you be doing today? If you did not know it to be true, what should you be doing today?

 From another perspective.

What if the whole country were sick with a fatal disease and everyone would soon die without a particular medicine.  Your family alone both had the medicine, and had enough of it to cure everyone who was sick. 

• What would you want your family to do with the medicine?
• What might you say to a family member who felt too busy or nervous to help distribute the medicine?

Thanks again Seminary Manual!

There is a darkness on the Earth, simply because people do not know where to find the true gospel of Jesus Christ. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have the medicine, we are the seed of Abraham, we have the responsibility to minister to and bless the families of the earth with the blessings of the gospel.

Oh, and what are those blessings? Bless thee above measure, Receive land as an everlasting possession, innumerable posterity. Yeah, cool huh! (more on this later)

-cn