"Everything Worthy and Eternal"

In the first talk of the Sunday Morning Session of the April 2018 General Conference, Elder Gerrit W. Gong said the following:

Everything worthy and eternal is centered in the living reality of God, our loving Eternal Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ, and His Atonement, witnessed by the Holy Ghost.

This is quite a statement. Whenever a General Authority uses an absolute like "everything," it often pays to take a closer look. The part that got my wheels turning was the "Everything worthy and eternal" part. There are many things that are "worthy and eternal" including sealed families and our testimonies. We, too, are to become worthy, and our spirits are eternal, so, according to Elder Gong, we too should center our lives on the Godhead and the Atonement, just as we should make sure that our families and testimonies are centered on the Godhead and the Atonement.

The Godhead and the Atonement are the most important things in the world, so it makes sense that "Everything worthy and eternal is centered [on them]." I'm glad I learned this rule. It seems like a good measuring tool to learn which things are important and which things aren't. If it isn't centered in the Godhead and/or the Atonement, that means that it is either unworthy or temporal or both. This is good to know, especially when one needs to discern which things are truly worthy and eternal.