Prophets!

Why Do We Need Prophets?

Haha the big question!

"Because Heavenly Father loves His children, He has not left them to walk through this mortal life without direction and guidance. The teachings of our Heavenly Father are not the ordinary, predictable, run-of-the-mill kind you can pick up in paperback at the local bookstore. They are the wisdom of an all-powerful, all-knowing celestial Being who loves His children. Encompassed in His words is the secret of the ages—the key to happiness in this life and in the world to come." -President Uchtdorf



Now who wants happiness in this life? I am sure that if I asked for a raise of hands all hands would go up.
The key to happiness can be found as we listen to the prophet's voice and we can ask God if the words that he speaks are the word's of God. We are living in this life and we need help from our loving Heavenly Father and He has given us the the map to life. This map is taught to us through the prophets that God has called to help us!

 "Today is not different from ages past. The Lord does not love the people of our day any less than in past times. One of the glorious messages of the Restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ is that God continues to speak to His children! He is not hidden in the heavens but speaks today as He did in ancient days."                -President Uchtdorf

We are wonderfully blessed to have the words of the prophets in the Bible and in the Book of Mormon. These are precious words that have been given to us so that we can understand the mysteries of God but God is full of love and will not leave us on the earth with these words only.

Times are different today then there were in the times of old. We have different types of difficulties in our society. We struggle through different things, we have questions about different things, For example:  The children of Isreal did not have that gadgets that we have today such as Internet and cars and movies, and so they also didn't have the same problems that are associated with technology. We need God's guidance just as much now as the children of Isreal did in the Bible. God guides us today by a prophet. And his name is Thomas S Monson.

He is the prophet for the whole earth and gives guidance to us so that we can learn how to be truly happy in this life and in the world to come!

The most genius Inventor!

The other day we were talking to two young men in the street and they were saying that they don't believe in God because there is no proof that He exists. We tried to talk to them but they were not really interested and so we continued on our way. Not even ten minutes later after a good rain storm, the clouds parted and we saw the most beautiful sunset ever! The way that the sunlight hit the clouds and the ski turned just the right color with orange and pink and blue. We looked and it and we were overcome with awe as we contemplated the beauty before our eyes. I thought of the scripture where Alma is talking to someone who does not believe in God and is telling him that there is not proof, and tells him if there is a God to show him a sign. He said "Thou hast had signs enough; will ye tempt your God? Will ye say, Show unto me a sign, when ye have the testimony of all these thy brethren, and also all the holy prophets? The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator." (Alma 30:44)

God has made all things for our benefit and for our pleasure. Think of the most crazy invention or the most genius invention (like the new Ipad or the space shuttle or whatever is your favorite invention), now every single one of those things has a creator or an inventor. They wouldn't exist without someone to come up with the idea and create it. It is foolishness to think that something as amazing as our bodies or the earth itself doesn't have a Creator. Everything around me is proof and I know that God exists and more than that He is also the Father of our spirits and He loves us and wants what is best for us in all the ways possible.

There are a couple of ways that we can know that He exists, but the most important way is through prayer. When we ask if He is there we can feel of His spirit tells to our spirits that He is there and that He loves us.

That is my challenge to each and every one of you!

If you want to read more about this read in Alma 22