You are always worthy to connect with God!

Can I just say that the Church blog is so incredible? There is always a post to inspire and uplift me, whether it be written by a young stay-at-home mom or the President of the Quorum of the Twelve!

Today I want to share a really neat post by a sister named Celeste Davis, titled "The Biggest Barrier to Our Connection with God". Celeste talks about how we often don't feel worthy to repent or even pray because we've messed up 'too many times'. But she reminds us of the story of the prodigal son, who went into the world and messed up for years before returning to his father. He expected that his father would be angry with him and that he would need to repay the debts he had incurred. He believed he would never be seen the same in his father's eyes after what he had done. But you all know the story - "But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him" (Luke 15:21). This surprises the young man - but it should not surprise us, because we know that in this parable the loving father is a representation of an infinitely loving Father. In Sister Davis's words, "You are a child of God. You can’t ever become more child of God by your merits, and you can't ever become less child of God by your imperfections." What an awesome reminder!

All right, I'll stop spoiling it now and let you just read the post here!