I know that which the Lord hath commanded me, and I glory in it. I do not glory of myself, but I glory in that which the Lord hath commanded me; yea, and this is my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance; and this is my joy. -Alma 29:9
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And my soul hungered, and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens.
And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.
And I, Enos, knew that God could not lie; wherefore, my guilt was swept away.
Enos 1:3-6
(I suggest replacing Enos’ name with your own, then reading it.)
Six days thou shalt labor, and do all thy work.
But the seventh day, the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger stranger that is within thy gates.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and the earth, and the sea, and all that in them is; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath Day, and hallowed it.
And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes.
Worth of souls
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Reblogging this because a) it’s still really cool and b) I don’t want to take credit for my icon.
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Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my arock and my fortress.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and acruel man.
For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
Cast me not off in the time of aold age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with areproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
I will go in the astrength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Thy arighteousness also, O God, is very bhigh, who hast done great things: O God, who is clike unto thee!
Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt aquicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and acomfort me on every side.
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto ashame, that seek my hurt.
Elder James E. Talmage tells a story of a bee that flew into his office on a warm summer day. After buzzing through the room several times, the bee failed to find the partly opened window through which it had entered. Elder Talmage understood some things that the bee could not. He knew that if the bee remained trapped in the room, it would die. Hoping to free it, he stepped to the window and opened it wide. He tried to guide the bee out the window. But it would not be guided. He tried harder, but the bee became angry and even stung his hand. The bee persisted in its wild flight and never found the window to its freedom. By the following day, it had died.
There are people in our lives that want to help and guide us in our search for freedom and self-reliance. Are we listening to their counsel and finding the way to true freedom, or are we too busy doing the things we want to do?
And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches, if ye seek them; and ye will seek them for the intent to do good—to clothe the naked, and feed the hungry, and to liberate the captive, and administer relief to the sick and afflicted.
Grace is when you get the good things you don’t deserve.
Mercy is when you’re spared from the bad things you do deserve.
Heavenly Father is generous with both.
And my soul hungered, and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication foe mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens.
And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.
And I, Enos, knew that God could not lie; wherefore, my guilt was swept away.
Enos 1:3-6
(I suggest replacing Enos’ name with your own, then reading it.)
Special witnesses of Jesus Christ testify of the Savior’s power to heal, change, and purify us through His Atonement.
Not gonna lie, I teared up a bit.
Thoughts About Easter
Hope. That when I was trapped in addiction, Christ saw worth in me. He took it all so that I didn’t have to struggle to be free, I could surrender to Him. Now I don’t struggle to be free, I am free to struggle. And Christ is with me all the way. He already took on my addictions. He was already slain for them. He took my punishment. And He overcame them. They cannot trap me anymore. I am free and I have hope.
In Christ alone, my hope is found.
On Easter, I asked: What stories or thoughts do you have about Easter, Christ, the Atonement, etc?
I didn’t get many responses; in fact, I only got one. However, this single message in my inbox was a great inspiration to me. This submission came quite quickly after I had posted, and it came from saulsjourney, who runs the wonderful blog askamormon.
I said I would compile all the responses into one post or do something special, so I took my favorite parts and put them on a picture that I took quite a while ago, but didn’t know what to do with. I feel like there’s not much that could bypass the message that I received that Easter morning to go with it.
