I was watching a Mormon Message called Our Eternal Life today about the Plan of Salvation, and at one point in the video, the narrator mentions something about lack of a body separating us from Heavenly Father. I was confused by this idea, thinking about how we lived with Heavenly Father before we were born; last time I checked, we only have bodies after birth, not before it.
I went to discuss the thought with my roommate Deb Hutchins, a recent return missionary. She brought up a couple of ideas, such as the fact that to become like Heavenly Father we need bodies; in this way, lack of a body makes us less like Him and therefore further from Him.
At that moment, I realized something that I hadn't thought about before; follow my thought process.
In the pre-mortal world, we were spirits.
Heavenly Father is a physical being with a body of flesh and blood.
From my understanding, spirit matter is finer than physical matter and goes right through it...
I've probably never given Heavenly Father a hug.
As funny as it sounds, this realization made me so sad. I actually started crying. Yeah, maybe I'm a little ridiculous. But the fact of the matter is, I love Heavenly Father soooooo much, and it breaks my heart that I've never thanked Him with something so simple as a heartfelt hug. Through this, I have found a greater appreciation for the gift of the Resurrection from my Savior. When the Millennium comes and I get to be resurrected, I want to be righteous enough that I can walk up to my Father and give Him my first hug. I want Him to know that I am sooooo grateful for everything that He has made of me and used me for. He is my Father, and I am His daughter! I am so grateful for Him! I cannot express it! And as one of my friends wittily remarked, now I have something to add to my After-Death Bucket List: hugging Heavenly Father.
