DAY 125 -- Who Am I

One of the most important things we do in this life is find out who we are.  I have spent over 60 years trying to figure that out.  I am still learning.  Yesterday I was asked by a Primary worker if I would teach Primary.  It is one of the few things I have not done in the Kingdom.  I recall my experience trying to be the teachers advisor. It was hard.  That is a difficult challenge. 

I have been asked to substitute teaching in Primary a few times, and the time I did, it was very hard. Someone once told me that I should never teach young kids, I should stick with adults.  I feel I am a decent adult teachers.  Once in High Priests they asked what talent we felt we had and then share what we thought we needed to improve on.  I said I felt I was a good teacher, and I also felt that I needed to improve on my teaching.

Well, back to learning.  I asked Bonnie to go with me to hold my hand. Well, it went pretty well, especially when I let the expert, Bonnie, and the Spirit teach more than I did.  I again discovered that I would have to be taught, trained, and helped in teaching young kids if I was ever called there. 

I realize that Bonnie waited until she was around 40 years old before she knew she had a talent for writing music.  During that period of time, she wrote many, many songs, all of which were wonderful, uplifting and inspirational.  Since she did that a bit later in life, I guess I can learn to teach young kids later in life, say around age 60?

Identifying who we are consists of learning what we can do and are good at.  It also means learning what talents we have and perhaps have not known about before.  It means having Spirit teach us more about who we are and who we have been.

We all have an identity, a personality, and we are a certain individual personality.  Part of mortality is identifying that person.  Often it takes many years to find out who we are.  Even at age 60 + I am learning who I am, and who I am not.  Consider these questions.  Was I valiant in the testimony of Christ?  Did I know you before I came here?  Are we Pre-Earth friends?  Did I promise to do more than I have done thus far in my life?  Do I have talents that I have not developed yet?  Is there someone I need to be, or is there someone I should know that I have not known about?  How can I know stronger about Jesus, Father and Mother in Heaven?  Is there a work I need to do NOW?

The questions are many and unanswered.  Tomorrow I will post more about "Know Thyself," for I feel it is something that we all need to work on. But more importantly, I need to know more about who I am.