You Matter to Him

There are over 7 billion people on the Earth, and even more have lived throughout history. There are over 100 billion stars within the galaxy we can see. There is no possible way to measure how many grains of sand cover the beaches of the world. President Dieter F. Uchtdorf said, “One group of scientists estimates that the number of stars within range of our telescopes is 10 times greater than all the grains of sand on the world’s beaches and deserts.” When you start to think about things like this, you may feel like you are extremely insignificant. How can Heavenly Father give any thought or amount of time to ME? Everyone at some point or another has had this type of thought. Why me? Do I matter? Why would Heavenly Father care about me? The ONLY thing that is important to remember is that YOU DO MATTER! President Uchtdorf also said that, “even though man is nothing, it fills me with wonder and awe to think that ‘the worth of souls is great in the sight of God’” You MATTER, I MATTER, everyone MATTERS!

There have been times in my life where I have doubted this very thought. We are going to doubt our worth, we are going to doubt what we are doing here, we are going to doubt if we matter to anyone. This is just a part of life! There are hundreds of people that come in and out of our lives at any given time, some we call family, some we call friends, and others are just brief acquaintances. No matter how many people are in our lives, we ALWAYS have two people in our corner, rooting for us, praying for us to succeed. President Uchtdorf explained this theory very simply by stating, “This is the paradox of man: compared to God, man is nothing; yet we have everything to God. While against the backdrop of infinite creation we may appear to be nothing, we have a spark of eternal fire burning within our breast. We have the incomprehensible promise of exaltation – worlds without end – within our grasp. And it is God’s great desire to help us reach it.”

During our times of sorrow, we need to remember that any time we are feeling doubtful, discouraged, sad, insignificant, etc., that this feeling is only given to us by Satan. Satan “attempts to focus our sight on our own insignificance until we begin to doubt that we have much worth. He tells us that we are too small for anyone to take notice, that we are forgotten – especially by God.” Our Heavenly Father would never want us to feel these feelings. He wants us to be Happy no matter what! We will continue to have experiences and circumstances that bring us down, doubt, and feel insignificant. But one of my new favorite quotes from President Uchtdorf reminds us that, “what you see and experience now is not what forever will be. You will not feel loneliness, sorrow, pain, or discouragement forever. We have a faithful promise of God that he will neither forget nor forsake those who incline their hearts to Him. Have hope and faith in that promise.” Trials and tribulations will NOT last forever!

 

We are ETERNAL beings! Our time on Earth is so brief that it is incomprehensible in the sands of time. President Uchtdorf shows us that, “it may be true that man is nothing in comparison to the greatness of the universe. At times we may even feel insignificant, invisible, alone or forgotten. But always remember – you matter to Him!” We need to keep in mind that our Heavenly Father cares about us, and wants nothing for us but the best! He wants us to inherit His kingdom! He wants us to make it to the celestial kingdom! He wants us to become Gods & Goddesses!

Recently, during some of my own doubting moments in my life, some very special people in my life gave me this very talk by President Uchtdorf, and told me to listen to it over and over again until it stuck. I have heard quotes from this talk many many times, over and over, but I had never listened to the talk in its fullness. On my way home from work one night I listened to it more than once, and I just wanted to keep listening. Each time I listened to it I got something different out of it that I needed to hear. If anyone is feeling doubt, discouragement, loneliness, sadness, etc., please listen to this talk. If you don’t get anything out of it the first time, listen to it again. As my friend told me, listen to it as many times as you need to until it sticks!

YOU MATTER TO GOD!!! Do not EVER doubt that! Remember how much He loves you, and cares for you, and wants you to succeed, spiritually and temporally! Remember that the trials and pitfalls of life will not last forever! Life goes on, and gets better! Life is good, as it should be! Be happy and rejoice in the fact that YOU MATTER TO HIM!!!

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/10/you-matter-to-him?lang=eng