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Pre-Mortal Life

I was reading about Pre-Mortal Life and these 2 scriptures made me feel excited:

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
 Jeremiah 1:5

And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me; Abraham, thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born.
 Abraham 3:23

So why am I excited? I am nothing at all like Jeremiah or Abraham. But I know that I was placed on this earth at a time that Heavenly Father wanted me to be. The very fact that I know that Heavenly Father is mindful of all of us makes me very happy. I could be going through the hardest, most difficult times,  but when I know for sure that Heavenly Father knows my problems and wants me to be happy, I know that I can make it and that I can still be happy. The time I have on this earth is only a tiny moment compared to eternity.  The Lord wants us to succeed and be happy for eternity.

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