Climbing Mountains

I’ve been thinking a lot about this talk from President Eyring lately.  In it, he naively asks for more challenges so he can grow, and the Lord blesses him almost immediately with some really steep mountains to overcome.

I want to grow.  I want to be better.  I want to progress and become what my Heavenly Father sees in me.  But I have not yet asked for more mountains to climb.  I am worried about what I might face.

I want an easy life (we all do, right?).  I’ve undertaken a strength training program lately.  Stretching and growing those muscles are painful and can leave you smarting for days, if you’re not used to it.

I keep writing paragraphs, and then deleting and rewriting.  I think ultimately, what I want to say, is that the purpose of mortality isn’t to have an easy life.  It’s to progress and become more like our Heavenly Father.  That’s not going to be “an easy life.”  That’s going to take challenges, it’s going to stretch us, and mold us until we ultimately are more like him.  (Watch this video about a currant bush.)