Divine Nature #1

I had a little time to myself on Sunday morning while everyone was still sleeping, so I decided to do another personal progress value.  I chose a simple one - the first value experience in divine nature.  I read the Family proclamation and some scriptures that all talked about divine qualities we should be striving for in our lives.  I especially liked the verses in 2nd Peter chapter one that talk about adding qualities onto each other: add virtue unto faith and add patience and brotherly kindness and charity.  I thought it interesting that all the things we read mentioned charity or love in some way.  I was thinking how I could add more brotherly kindness in my life.  I think it means more than just giving service because you can serve begrudgingly, but when you really love someone, you want to help them and be nice to them.  I also thought that I should work on patience, especially here in my own home.  I need to be more patient with Whitney when she is doing things I may not like, I need to remember that she is only one and cannot be expected to be perfect all the time.  So I know there are a couple of divine qualities I can be developing in my life and I am going to try to do better.  Peter says that if we have these qualities we will never fall and we will return to our Heavenly Father's kingdom - what a great promise!