"The soul shall be restored to the body, and the body to the soul; yea, and every limb and joint shall be restored to its body; yea, even a hair of the head shall not be lost; but all things shall be restored to their proper and perfect frame."
Alma 40:23
I love the whole idea of resurrection, and am looking forward to it very much. ... I'm totally grateful for my body now of course, but sometimes it can be frustrating when you run into sickness or other physical ailments that seem to limit what you want to be able to do. Imagining the whole perfect body / "run and not be weary" (Isaiah 40:31, D&C 89:20) / no sorrow or pain (Revelation 21:4, D&C 101:29) thing, it seems incredible, and maybe it offers a little hope to us for the future, so that we are better able to endure our present circumstances, knowing that everything gets better. :)
It also I think reminds us of eternity, and helps us focus on what we want to be then... this verse is coupled with verses about the judgement because after we're resurrected and restored, we are "brought to stand before God, and ... judged according to [our] works" (verse 21). Those perfect bodies we're going to have deserve some perfect souls to go along with them. :) Today, let's work on that, and remember that in the future we're going to be awesome, so let's live and work towards that, with God's help who makes all of it possible.
Alma 40:23
I love the whole idea of resurrection, and am looking forward to it very much. ... I'm totally grateful for my body now of course, but sometimes it can be frustrating when you run into sickness or other physical ailments that seem to limit what you want to be able to do. Imagining the whole perfect body / "run and not be weary" (Isaiah 40:31, D&C 89:20) / no sorrow or pain (Revelation 21:4, D&C 101:29) thing, it seems incredible, and maybe it offers a little hope to us for the future, so that we are better able to endure our present circumstances, knowing that everything gets better. :)
It also I think reminds us of eternity, and helps us focus on what we want to be then... this verse is coupled with verses about the judgement because after we're resurrected and restored, we are "brought to stand before God, and ... judged according to [our] works" (verse 21). Those perfect bodies we're going to have deserve some perfect souls to go along with them. :) Today, let's work on that, and remember that in the future we're going to be awesome, so let's live and work towards that, with God's help who makes all of it possible.
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