I believe that the resurrected Christ came to visit a group of people in the America's shortly after His ascension into heaven. I love reading about the account in the BofM. I love how each individual came unto the Savior and felt the prints in his hands and feet and were able to look into his face. And he healed all their sick and afflicted and called all the children to gather around him. And then I love how he set up his church the same way he did in Jerusalem. And then I love how he prayed and wept with them and for them.
I love this account because it has helped me understand that I can come to Christ too and have and individual relationship with him. I have struggled to get my insides to understand that his sacrifice was for me too and that this kind of love and open compassion and healing is available for little, broken me. And it is thru the reading of the BofM that has helped me to believe in those intimate and personal truths.
I have come to really love the song "Amazing Grace" because so often in my life, I have felt like a wretch and then dared to believe that his grace was there for me and abundant for me. So much so, that I could be embraced by it and find rest.
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