This year is the first year my seven-year-old son is eligible to play little league football. It is an exciting time as a father to see his son play football after growing up playing little league football myself. It is also an interesting experience to see how parents react as they see their children compete in sports.
In the one camp, you have the “ultra-competitive” parents. These are the parents that buy their children the designer practice clothes, special gloves, and high priced water bottles. These parents work with their children for months before the season begins so that their kids are the best. They teach their kids that winning is everything. To win the competition must lose and you must beat them at all costs.
In the other camp, there are the “every kid deserves a trophy” parents. These are the parents that do not care if their kid is on the winning or losing team so long as they have fun. These parents are happy to just drop their kids off at practice and show up for the games. They do not put any pressure on their kids to win. So which camp of parents is right? Should kids win at all cost or just be happy to be part of the game?
Looking at the eternal gospel perspective regarding the competition of life, the answer is that neither parent is right. In the gospel, we are taught that there are three kingdoms in heaven, the celestial kingdom, the terrestrial kingdom, and the telestial kingdom. The glory you inherit will depend on the depth of your conversion, expressed by your obedience to the Lord’s commandments. It will depend on the manner in which you have “received the testimony of Jesus” (D&C 76:51 and D&C 76:74, 79, 101). As different people will inherit different kingdoms, the “everyone deserves a trophy” mentality is incorrect. Everyone will not automatically make it into the celestial kingdom just for participating in the game of life.
In the gospel, we are also taught that just because we win at the game of life does not mean that someone else must lose. We are not trying to beat out the competition to make it into the celestial kingdom. Heavenly Father does not have a limited number of mansions in heaven and once they are full there is no more room in the inn. Earthly life is not a competition between the Mormons, the Catholics, the Baptists, the Buddhist, the Jews, and the Muslims to see how can make it into heaven and how will be cast off.
Our Heavenly Father teaches us that while all of his children will not return to Him and live with Him in eternal glory, “He that endureth to the end shall be saved.” (Matthew 10:22). Life is not a competition of winner and loser and beating others at all costs. This life is a team sport where all of Heavenly Father’s children are on the same team working towards their salvation. We do have an opposing team. It is the Devil and his followers. As they work to defeat us, we should work as a team to help as many of our teammates endure to the end and receive their eternal reward.
Our eternal reward in a reward beyond measure. We are able to be with our spouse, our children, our family, our Savior, and our Heavenly Father for eternity as we become as our Heavenly Father to create worlds without number and help innumerable souls reach their eternal glories. While everyone will not get a trophy in heaven, we should work to help as many of our brothers and sisters get their trophy in heaven.
When we sit across from our maker on that final judgment day, our Heavenly Father will not ask us how many points we scored against other members, the Catholics, the Baptists, the Buddhist, the Jews, and the Muslims. He will ask us what we did with our lives and how we worked to help bring souls back to him.
Good news — I got back 160,870 of my BIC that was stolen in an investment scam! 🙌 Huge thanks to Brunoe Quick Hack and the team who worked with me and law enforcement to trace and recover the funds. Whats-APP +(1) 70578-42635
If you ever face something similar: don’t panic, keep every message and transaction record, and get help from verified pros — scams can be beaten when you act fast and use the right channels. Email: BrunoeQuickHackATgmail.com
I URGENTLY NEED A LOVE SPELL CASTER TO HELP ME GET MY EX BACK CONTACT (DR DAVID) Awesomenesspelltemple@gmail.com OR +2347051149457 I want to share my wonderful testimony how I got back my husband back, who I sworn ever to be with until when he left me to another woman for no reason and I try to make things work for both of us yet things were getting worse and I love him so much and there is nothing I could do to get my husband back until I saw a testimony share by a woman called Rachel from Florida on the internet talking about a powerful spell caster who brought her husband back within 24 hours and I decide to give it a try and to my greatest surprise he also did it for me just as he did for Rachel and I have a lot of people complaining of fake spell caster but this one I met was a real spell caster who help me to solve my problem I have no solution to, I introduce many of my best friends that have a similar problems, and their problem were solve with the great help of DR David, who help them to get back their lovers within 24 hours. I am so happy that my husband is back to me again, and the most surprising thing is that our love is very strong, every day is happiness and joy. and There is nothing like being with the man you love. I am so happy my love is back to me with the help of DR David . If you have similar problem I will advise you to contact him ,he is there to help you and put a smile on your face as he did to me and others you can also WhatsApp him +2347051149457 or Email him at :
awesomenesspelltemple@gmail.com or view his website for more review: https://63e1caad0959a.site123.me/
Personal growth is important for achieving success in life. All these words were shared with me by Meduza, who performed a spell reading for me and created a lottery spell that turned me into a lottery champion of $112 million here in Arizona. Within 48 hours of adhering to all of Meduza’s divine instructions, he granted me the chance to use the divine lottery numbers to enter the lottery after I bought my ticket in Tempe. A week later, I was informed that I had become the fortunate Jackpot winner of the game and this was all made possible by Meduza.. I want to kindly express my gratitude to him for his impactful words and actions. For a transformative opportunity in your life, contact Meduza via his
Website: lordmeduzatemple.com
Email: lordmeduzatemple@hotmail.com
Call or text this Whats_App Number: +1 807 907 2687.
God Bless You Meduza.
I lack the right words to appreciate this genius called lord Bubuza, A man that has constantly lifted people from poverty to wealth by casting a lottery spell and revealing the winning numbers to them. My wife divorce me because we were financially unstable, our doubt grew and neighbours started avoiding us and this got her pissed so she left. I was heartbroken and also financially broken at the same time that I almost took my life, I did research for a better life online when I saw testimonies of people appreciating lord Bubuza for casting a lottery spell and revealing the winning numbers to them so I contacted him immediately and he responded. I provided his requirements to cast the spell and he gave me a 6 digit number which I went to the lottery store and bought my ticket and soon got a notification that I have won $40 million dollars. I lack words to appreciate this genius, join me appreciate him via email: lordbubuzamiraclework@hotmail.com or WhatsApp: +1 365 808 5313
Thank you Dr Oseremen for what you have done for me. I am so grateful my lover is back to me and we are now living happy together. And also he can also cure you from any infection you’re diagnosed with trust me,You can get in contact with dr Oseremen for any kind of spiritual problems and needs help with getting your health back And you can get in touch with him viaWhatsApp: (+2348153622587)Emall: droseremen005@gmail. com