“What is man, that thou art mindful of him?” A loving Father in heaven, concerned for the welfare of his child, might well answer: “Why, you are my son, you are my daughter. I love you very much. I listen carefully each day, hoping to hear from you. I want so to one day have you back where you belong. Please share with me your innermost thoughts, your hopes, yes, and particularly your problems. I know I can help, but listen carefully child—don’t close the door when I give you the answer. I need you very much, just as you need me.” And I suppose that a fitting climax to such comments that a loving Heavenly Father might conceivably utter to any one of his children could well be couched in the same language that the Savior used as he spoke tenderly through John:

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” (John 15:5, 7.) What a promise! – Robert L. Simpson, “Conference Report,” April 1970, Afternoon Meeting, p.89