Acting in Faith
Acting in faith means to rely on our Savior, believing that through His Atonement, we can rise above everything at His command. – Massimo de Feo, “Rise, He Calleth Thee,” Liahona (CR) May 2024
Atonement
Adjust, Learn, Seek
Adjust, learn, seek, choose are all action verbs. Remember that we are agents and not objects. Let us never forget that Jesus promised to “take upon him the pains and sicknesses of his people … that he may … succor,” or help, us as we turn to Him.6 We can choose to build our foundation […]
Making Everything Right
Jesus Christ’s Atonement can deliver and redeem us from sin. But Jesus Christ also intimately understands our every pain, affliction, sickness,5 sorrow, separation. In time and eternity, His triumph over death and hell can make all things right.6 He helps heal the broken and disparaged, reconcile the angry and divided, comfort the lonely and isolated, encourage the […]
Finding Answers
The profound questions of the soul, those that surface in our darkest hours and highest trials, are addressed through the unwavering love of Jesus Christ.5 In Him, and through the promised blessings of His restored gospel,6 we find the answers we seek. It is through His infinite Atonement that we are offered a gift beyond measure—one of […]
In Moonlit Silence
In the moonlit silence of that Near Eastern night, every acute pain, every heartfelt grief, every crushing wrong and human hurt experienced by every man, woman, and child in the human family was to be heaped upon his weary shoulders. But in such a moment, when someone might have said it to him, he rather […]
The Process of Becoming Saints
Our great personal challenge in mortality is to become “a saint through the atonement of Christ.”22 The pain you and I experience may be where this process is most measured. In extremity, we can become as children in our hearts, humble ourselves, and “pray and work and wait”23 patiently for the healing of our bodies and our souls. […]
Give Us Another Chance
One reason it is so essential to understand the Savior’s Atonement and its infinite implications is that with increased understanding comes an increased desire to forgive ourselves and others. – Tad R. Callister, “The Atonement of Jesus Christ,” Ensign (CR) May 2019
It’s All in Place
Furthermore, because the centerpiece of the Atonement is already in place, we know that everything else in God’s plan will likewise finally succeed. God is surely able to do His own work! (See 2 Ne. 27:20–21.) In His plans for the human family, long ago God made ample provision for all mortal mistakes. His purposes will all […]
The Ultimate Human Event
There is no other event in human history as significant as the atoning sacrifice of our divine Redeemer. None else compares with it. Without it life would be meaningless. It would be a dead-end journey. With it we are assured of eternal life. Death is not the end, but rather a passing on to a more glorious […]
A Bright and Eternal Future
My heart overflows with gratitude for my Heavenly Father. I realize that He has not doomed His children to stumble through mortality without hope for a bright and eternal future. He has provided instructions that reveal the way back to Him. And at the center of it all is His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ,7 and His sacrifice for us. – […]