Recently I was thinking about Heavenly
Father and Mother and an idea came to me which I had never had before.
We knew them in our previous life. We
were spirits, they had physical bodies. In this state, it would have been hard
or impossible to embrace in the way that we know today. It made me think how
lovely and powerful it will be someday to embrace fully as resurrected beings.
As I thought about this it made me
wonder: what would that first visit home be like? As I wondered this, I had an experience
come to mind. Here’s what I saw.
We walk in. We’re beaten, bruised, and
crushed from our mortal journey. Whatever journey we’ve had, we will be grown
and different from when we last saw them. Although we’ll have felt comfortable
on Earth, in this new state we will be disgusting to look at. We will be dirty.
If sin creates scars, we will be truly horrific to look at.
In this condition we enter.
We’re not returning home in the way we
thought we would when we left. We remember what we wanted to be, how we wanted
this life to go, and with this full knowledge we will be ashamed of who we are.
In this state we see Them. They are
glorious. Full of love. Perfect.
They welcome us home. They lovingly
remove our shoes. Heavenly Mother takes us by the hand and brings us to a warm
bath, warm towels. Here we are cleansed. Our sores are washed and cleaned,
preparing us for resurrection. Tattoos and other defilements are removed. Our
hair and nails are cleaned.
We have a nice meal. We talk. And we
embrace. We apologize for failing. We explain what went wrong. They know. They
forgive. They understand. Even with our failures, amidst our failings, we are
loved. Supported. Listened to. Understood.
And with that, our journey is over.
That’s how I see it.
