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Your Spiritual Future

"In my quiet moments, I think of the future with all of its wonderful possibilities and with all of its terrible temptations. I wonder what will happen to you in the next 10 years. Where will you be? What will you be doing? That will depend on the choices you make, some of which may seem unimportant at the time but which will have tremendous consequences."

(Gordon B. Hinckley, "Stay on the High Road," Ensign, May 2004, 112-113)

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While I was tracting in my first area in December 2001, I met a man who was positive I would 'discover the truth' and deny my faith, or at least that I would be jaded and not believe as strongly, in ten years' time. I told him that I would let him know, one way or the other. He said I should write him in five years, and so next year I plan to send him a letter detailing my journey thus far and how my faith has grown. Some people say, "Serving a mission was the best two years of my life." Well, I can say they were the most rapid years of spiritual and sociological growth, but if I can still say that in ten years that missionary life constituted the best two years of my life, I will have wasted a decade. The point is to improve constantly. I like the direction in which I am traveling, but that does not mean I should be content with the point I have reached.

In ten years, I am determined to be better than I am today, and to have a closer relationship with God.

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I read this topic yesterday, but felt I really needed to think about it before posting my response. Where *will* I be?

In ten years, my daughter will be graduating from high school.
My son will be in his 30's!
I will be... way older than them!

Spiritually? I have come so far in three years, I'm amazed at my progress. I know that, having been converted to the truth, I can never deny it. I know that, having begun an amazing journey of study and personal enrichment, I will continue to grow in ways that will surprise me. I hope that in 10 years I will have found my way to a plane or level of spirituality where I am comfortable in presence of the Spirit, and developed a more personal relationship with the Savior. And that continuing to learn and grow will be a way of life.

Roz