The possibilities

This... Is Elder Coles.  I grew up in a small town called Taber in southern Alberta in Canada.  Because we lived in a small town, we were often bored and we had to be creative to have some fun.  This one day.........(This is a true story, names are fictional of course)

It was raining.  It was cold (probably like 3 degrees Celsius, 38 degrees Fahrenheit.)  Frent was over at his friend Bensers house and they were sitting there, looking out the window, wishing the rain would stop.  There was no sign that the rain was going to stop.  Just when they were about to be lame and go play video games, they got a phone call.
"Yo whats up," it was their good buddies Clarren and Spanner.  "We are going to be picking you up, and we are doing something so crazy, we will have no choice but to have fun.  Prepare yourselves mentally and physically for our coming."  And they hung up.  Frent and Benser had no idea what to do, so they just waited for them to come over, and when they did, their minds were blown.

   
Oh yeah... they ghetto tied a canoe the top of a car.  Frent and Benser were freakin out and were excited for this epic adventure they were about to embark on.  They took them to a nearby pond where they canoed around in the freezing cold.  It wasn't as fun as they thought it would be.  It was too cold and they were all wet when they were done.  (It was actually pretty fun.)

Alright... I know exactly what your thinking.  What does this have to do with anything??  How can this story bring me closer to Christ??  Well lets see if we can apply this to life.

I know that there is so much more we can get out of life then tying a canoe to the top of our beat up cars.  Life has so much more to offer, and we should not sell ourselves short and aim to go canoeing in the rain.  We can be with our families forever, we can find true peace and happiness in this life, and eternal salvation in the life to come.  If you feel like there is something missing in your life, I know you can find it.  Often times we give up looking for how we can fill that missing thing, and settle for something short and we go canoeing in the rain.  But I testify that we are capable of so much more.  In Romans 8:16-17 it says: "The spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the childeren of God: And if childeren, the heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified."

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints teaches the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, and will help anyone find that thing they are looking for, and will help them get more out of life.  Realize how special you are, how special everyone is, and that no one has to settle for anything short of eternal life.  I have been trying to do this, and help people not settle for anything, but to help them get the most out of life, and I do this by inviting others to come unto Christ, and to find true happiness, because that is where true happiness lies.