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VIEW PERSONAL BELIEFS
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POSTED BY:
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astevezimm
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DATE:
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04.07.2008 |
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SUBJECT:
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The Intimate Atonement |
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LOCATION:
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Utah,
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I feel I've been closer to my Savior this past year, then I've ever been in my life. The key I've found to drawing close to Him is being humble enough to realize how much I truly depend on His grace. I'm powerless not only to be forgiven of sin, but also to overcome sin and temptation on my own in my fallen and carnal state. I can't change my heart. I need Him to change it for me. It is amazing how liberating it is to allow my will to be swallowed up in His as I give my sins and temptation to Him instead of white knuckling temptation on my own power.
This, of course, doesn't mean I'm no longer tempted, but rather I'm empowered to overcome this temptation. The responsibility is still mine to exercise my agency to remain clean and worthy in the way His power allows me to do. I was given counsel recently to help me in bearing this cross still required of me. The counsel was to realize that I'm not two different people fighting against one another (like Gollum vs Smeagle), but one person free to choose my destiny. As I choose the right, I can be confident like Nephi "that the Lord giveth no commandments...save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them."
The most significant manner in which He prepared the way for me is the healing of my spiritual wounds. I will be forever in His debt.
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