Why do you do what you do? Why do you wake up in the morning? What do you consider before slumber each night? What motivates you? What drives your decisions?

Have you ever considered eternity with Heavenly Father and our Savior? Have you considered the "day in and day out" of the eternities? What will we do?

Serve. Every moment of eternity is service. Even in the moments when we are learning, someone will be serving us, only for us to turn right around and teach someone else and serve them.

The adversary would seek to distract us from what we are ultimately working towards. We frequently have lessons in church on the distractions we face each day. For each of us the distractions are different, but what are each of us doing to be aware of these distractions so that we may remain focused on our eternal task? And is that awareness even important to you?

The Lord sent us here to ultimately return to him. We came to prove our loyalty and preserve our place with him in heaven. What are we doing each day to do that?

Let's say you have read your scriptures and had your morning prayers. Now what? Where do your thoughts linger? What types of conversation do you seek out? What types of entertainment? Do you "look" for your Savior through out your day? What drives your accomplishments for the day? Who is your task master? What feelings do you seek to have at the end of the day? Or do you even pay attention to your feelings? Do you just exist, floating from one thing to another? Do you avoid thinking too deeply for fear of the guilt that encompasses you of all that you are not doing or should be doing?

How many excuses do you make about why you aren't as "spiritual" as you could be? How bad do you want to see your Savior when he returns? What discomforts are you willing to endure both physical and emotional to improve yourself now so that you may?

What really is your best? I think often we excuse ourselves with the thought that we are doing our best. The adversary is doing more than his best. He breaks his neck, figuratively speaking, trying to bring down the women of this world. And not always with the so obvious 'sins' of the world. If he can keep you discouraged, avoidant, and distracted then we finish the rest so easily. If he can keep us from having a real, sincere and connected relationship with our Father in heaven and our Savior then he build wedges in every aspect of our lives.

The Lord wants us just as we are, completely imperfect and 'failing'. He knows why you don't read your scriptures every day. He knows why you avoid praying right now, really praying, the heart felt kind. He knows that you lost your patience and said things you didn't mean. He knows why you don't like "her" or "him". He knows how fragile you really are. He knows that you really do want to be close to him, and he wants to show YOU how YOU can do it.

The Savior is our advocate. He is our cheerleader. He knows us better than we know ourselves. There is nothing is this world that could ever validate you or fulfill your need for love and comfort like He can. He might not ever tell you how qualified you were to say that quite witty cutting remark, but he knows just how bad that person hurt your heart causing you to react in such a way. He not only knows but he wants to heal you, to take that sting, so that you can have his peace in your heart. He does not care how imperfect we are when we come to him, he just wants us to come.

Our prayers do not have be eloquent or wordy and I am sure if you forget 'thee' and 'thou' he can still hear you. It is our hearts he wants, the deepest parts of our soul. Please as you go through your week consider where you are going and how you are getting there.