In Your Own Amazing Way

    Today we watched Finding Dory and something stood out to me that her mom said to her when she found them. As Dory tries to apologize for loosing them Dory says, "I know I've got a problem. I know I'm...And I'm so sorry. And all this time I've wanted to fix it and I can't and I try. I try. But my thoughts... they leave my head and ideas change. And I'd forgotten you and I'm so sorry." Dory has short-term memory loss and forgets very easily. It's a weakness she has and will have. In response her mom tells her to never apologize and points out that Dory found them all by herself. She responds to Dory by saying, "And you found us. Oh honey, you found us. And you know why you found us? Because you remembered. You remembered in your own, amazing, Dory way."

   I imagine our reunion with God with be something like this. We are all in Dory's situation where we have forgotten who we are and we're just trying to find our way home. Find our way to Heavenly Father. He knows that we have our own weaknesses, our pride and things that we individually struggle with. And when we fall before His feet begging for mercy, Christ will say "You found us because you remembered. You remembered in your own, amazing, Madi way."

   In President Uchtdorf's general conference talk this month he states, "Turn your soul toward the light. Begin your own wonderful journey home. As you do so, your life will be better, happier, and more purposeful" God is calling us and just like Dory's parents laid out shells, He has also prepared a way for us to find him. We can follow His prophet's words, read the scriptures, pray, participate weekly in the sacrament, attend the temple, etc. Each journey will different, and that's the beauty of it. I'm grateful for the shells Heavenly Father has laid out for me so that I can find Him in my "own amazing, Madi way."