Matter to Him

This morning during my routine of running on the elliptical and listening to General Conference talks I listened to a couple of talks from President Uchtdorf.  One of the talks was from October 2011 (if I'm remembering that correctly) and titled You Matter to Him.  It reminded me of a talk President Kenneth S. Armstrong gave when I served in the South Africa Cape Town Mission a number of years ago.  Both talks discussed the ever expanding universe and worlds without number.  They talked quite a bit about creation and just how big the universe is.  As I think about the great expanse of space and then consider the number of our Heavenly Fathers creations I am humbled when I think about his hand in my life.  We sometimes feel insignificant and unimportant in the grand scheme of things.  We are however known by our Heavenly Father, loved by our Heavenly Father and we definitely do matter to him.  I am grateful for the experiences I have had in my life that have helped me to know that I matter to my Heavenly Father and that He knows me personally.  It is my testimony that He knows each of us personally, that he desires our happiness and that he makes it possible for us to overcome the world, to be cleansed from sin through repentance and to return to live with him.