The Flight of God's Children

On Monday, my companion and I visited the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Airplanes were everywhere, and at the forefront of our mind was the childlike question "how do they stay in the air?"

I studied physics in high school, and I remember learning about shape and air currents. However, even with this scientific explanation, the movement of airplanes amazes to me. I still feel like the airplanes should stay grounded.

This is similar to our destiny. We are children of God! Our Lord has said, "Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High" (Psalms 82:6). Children are meant to become like their parents. However, as the psalm continues, "But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes" (Psalms 82:7). Death has become a part of our life, and just like these huge planes stuck on the ground, our human logic would tell us that death is the end. However, the intelligence of God teaches us to fly, and our spirits resist the ending of death.  

The apostle Elder Uchtdorf explains why we naturally resist: "We are made of the stuff of eternity. We are eternal beings, children of the Almighty God, whose name is Endless and who promises eternal blessings without number. Endings are not our destiny" (Grateful in Any Circumstance; emphasis added).

I am so grateful that death is not the end. We are not meant to stay tied to the ground, fallen like princes, but we are meant to soar through the air into eternity.