In today's world there is a grave need for more spirituality especially in the western culture as well as maturity. To put the two together or to be spiritually mature is a rare quality indeed. To be spiritually mature is to not complain when times get tuff. It is to obey God's commandments. It means to sacrifice for the things you want. It means to not envy or be jealous of others. It means to be spiritually minded and not carnally minded. This ultimately means that your thoughts and desires in life are centered on reality or what really matters eternally. Elaine L. Jack, a past General Relief Society president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "these things are real "...to know God’s plan, and to follow the Savior’s example of service...testimony, individuality, charity, families. . .These are real. And so are you. You are everywhere. I pay tribute to you (These Things Are Manifested Unto Us Plainly" Nov. 1990). How many of us can really say we are more concerned with our eternal nature than with our mortal condition? It is my lifelong goal to become more like Christ is being strictly concerned with things of eternal importance, i.e. family, serving others, learning and applying truth and learning how to love God and my fellow man more purely.
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