There are lots of things we can do as children of God to become more like him, or in other words, "spiritually transformed." But what does that really mean? When I was younger, I thought there would be a time when I would reach my limit, where I would eventually have nothing left to perfect and I would be like God, but I realized that we are always going to be working towards that, and I believe that we will never stop progressing, even God is still progressing, and the absence of that progression, that is our own personal hell.
In church the other day, someone was giving a talk about this very topic, progression. He said something that really stuck with me. In so many words, this man said that it's not about how close we get to perfection in this life, it's more about how much effort we put it. We must always be constantly trying to perfect something in our lives, whether it's reading scriptures every day and praying fervently, or paying tithing and going to church.
If I decided today that I can stop trying to reach perfection just because I do most things right, doesn't mean that I can't improve. I might go to church every week, go to the Temple every month, pay my tithing faithfully, read my scriptures and pray daily, but that doesn't mean that there isn't something I can improve on.
I believe a "spiritual transformation" happens consistently throughout our lives, and there are always times when we need to do another check on our spirituality. I hope that I'm constantly changing things about myself that need to be changed, because, let's face it, there is always something I can improve on, something I can be better at. If there's something that the Prophet can do better, then I can do better too.
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