Now back to Alma 5. The next power of the mind that Alma talks about is the power to imagine. He asks us to imagine ourselves standing before God. What will we say to God? What will we do? Do we think that at that point we can fool God? No way!
Imagination is powerful. We can use this power to project ourselves into the future and decide how we will deal with specific problems or situations. We can use it to imagine the consequences that will come from decisions we are about to make. We can imagine ourselves in the celestial kingdom and feel how wonderful that will be and then use those “sights” and feelings to motivate ourselves to do what is right so that we will be in the celestial kingdom.
Using the imagination to help us live righteously can help us immensely on our journey back into the presence of God.
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I had never thought of this one before. My son has a great imagination. I'll have to tell him about this post. :)
Wendi, Imagination is a powerful tool. Most of us use it to imagine all the bad that is going to happen, but we fail to realize we can use it to project ourselves into the good! So good to hear from you!
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