Early Easter Present

I have been thinking about this quote the last couple of days. The last line touches me every time I read it. I am so grateful for our Savior and that He made it possible for all of us to live after this life.

Life does not begin with birth, nor does it end with death. Prior to our birth, we dwelled as spirit children with our Father in Heaven. There we eagerly anticipated the possibility of coming to earth and obtaining a physical body. Knowingly we wanted the risks of mortality, which would allow the exercise of agency and accountability. “This life [was to become] a probationary state; a time to prepare to meet God.” (Alma 12:24.) But we regarded the returning home as the best part of that long-awaited trip, just as we do now. Before embarking on any journey, we like to have some assurance of a round-trip ticket. Returning from earth to life in our heavenly home requires passage through—and not around—the doors of death. We were born to die, and we die to live. (See 2 Cor. 6:9.)

As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.

-Elder Russell  M. Nelson

of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Full Talk Here: Doors of Death