As I thought about the creation this week and also attended the temple, I realized that in the scriptures, when a person is being converted to the gospel, they are taught about the plan of salvation beginning with the creation. The accounts that come to mind are: King Lamoni, King Lamoni's father, Abraham, Moses, Nephi (in asking to see the vision of the tree), attempts to convert Laman and Lemuel, conversion of his brother Jacob, the people of Mosiah, numerous people in church history since Joseph Smith and hopefully everyone the missionaries teach now.
So, I think it's pretty great that at least every four years we talk about the creation and for those who attend the temple, get a reminder of the creation every time they go. Why do I think it's so great? We are given the opportunity to humble ourselves, like Moses was:
"I know that man is nothing, which thing I never had supposed." Moses 1:10
I think in out routine lives centered around ourselves, our duties, our families, our jobs, our food, our recreation, we tend to think we are something. When in an eternal perspective, we are nothing. But the irony is that in realizing that we are nothing, we become something. We become true children of God who realize that we are dependent upon Him for all that we are and hope to become. We also realize that everything has a purpose, even giraffes and praying mantis' and slugs. We have a purpose, and because we are a little more intelligent we have a bit of a say in what our purpose is. Will we fill the purpose of our creation? Will we even go to the right source to figure out our purpose? Hopefully the account of the creation will lead us back to our Creator every time we read or view it and hopefully that we are nothing without God.
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