In the Arms of the Savior

     So, this last week or so, I have been studying about the Savior's Atonement and His love. I have learned how we can really utilize the Atonement, and how to apply it to our day-to-day lives. Sometimes I know for me personaly, I feel kinda drained and tired and I need the strength to keep moving. As I have studied the message of His sacrifice and Atoning love, and as I have studied talks given by modern prophets and apostles about his love and Atonement, I have tried to better apply it to my life. I think sometimes I feel as though I am not getting it or I just don't know if I need it. Whether I am a good person or a bad person, what ever choices I make in life, I know when I am or am not in line with His Gospel. But, how can we get strength from the Savior? And how can the Atonment change us, no matter where we may be at in our lives? How can we better understand his Atoning sacrifice?




Mosiah 3:19 "For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father."

    We learn that we naturally are an enemy to God, but as we "put off the natural man" and as we "becometh as a child" by being "submisive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, [and] willing to submit to all things", we then
"becometh a saint through the Atonement of Christ the Lord.

   So, how can we become like Christ, or what we call obtaining "Christlike attributes"? How do we become like this? Well, I have been asking that myself for a long time. How do we become like Christ?  Here is a pattern that has helped me in obtaining Christlike attributes: 

1. Studying 
2. Prayer 
3. Apply His teachings to our life


   So simple, right? There seems to be more to the math of becomeing  like Christ or using his Atoning sacrifice, but there's not. There is one thing that Jesus Christ gives us all in times of our stress and our pain and our trials, that being His arms. Christ died for all mankind. He came on Earth, died on the cross, and had His arms pierced. His arms are extended towards all.

 Alma 5:33 Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms of mercy are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I will receive you.

 

 

Christ sendeth his mercy to all, whether we are old, young, what ever we have done in this life - even to the worst of sinners! His mercy is never too low that it can't reach us.

    "And he saith: Repent, and I will receive you".

The Lord's arms are always there, His mercy is unceasing and never-ending. His love is great. He will not forsake you, He will not leave you alone.  He is there, even when we think He is not. He loves all His children.

 2 Nephi 1:15 But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have beheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the arms of his love.

The Lord is able to forgive all of His children. The arms of His love is great. In this scripture, Nephi is talking about himself. The Atonement has the power for all of  God's children to receive forgiveness. As we use His arms for mercy and forgiveness, we can learn and grow from His grace. 

                   
 D&C 6:20 Behold, thou art Oliver, and I have spoken unto thee because of thy desires; therefore treasure up these words in thy heart. Be faithful and diligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle thee in the arms of my love.

 God knows all His children, even Oliver, and gives them comfort in times of hardship.  

D&C 110:5 Behold, your sins are forgiven you; you are clean before me; therefore, lift up your heads and rejoice.

  Sometimes we forget to remember who it was that gave us all that we have. The Lord will not forget us. He knows all our pains and trials. I know as we lean on the arms of the Savior, we can have total trust in Him. We can also lean on him in times of stress. The Atoning sacrifice that Jesus Christ did for the whole world was to help us and to change us. His arms are of Love, Power, Mercy. He gave freely so we can return to him, as we use this great Power that He did for us. His love is forever. As we learn of this great Atonment, we can better understand His love for us all.  

What Thinks Christ of Me?

                        As you love Him, trust Him, believe Him, and follow Him,

                           you will feel His love and approval.

 

 

 

                                              

That the Lost May Be Found

                                As you seek to live the gospel and doctrine of Christ,

                                    the Holy Ghost will guide you and your family.

Children of God

There are times in our lives when we feel true happiness. The time I am thinking of is when you have a little baby. When you hold them in your hands, and feel that happiness, and you know that little baby came from God. Before that baby came here to earth, it was with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We know that is true.


"IN THE PREMORTAL REALM, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshipped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs of eternal life."  (A Proclamation to the Family)       

Alma 17:11-16

 11 And it came to pass that he commanded that their little children should be brought.

12 So they brought their little children and set them down upon the ground round about him, and Jesus stood in the midst; and the multitude gave way till they had all been brought unto him.

13 And it came to pass that when they had all been brought, and Jesus stood in the midst, he commanded the multitude that they should kneel down upon the ground.

14 And it came to pass that when they had knelt upon the ground, Jesus groaned within himself, and said: Father, I am troubled because of the wickedness of the people of the house of Israel.

15 And when he had said these words, he himself also knelt upon the earth; and behold he prayed unto the Father, and the things which he prayed cannot be written, and the multitude did bear record who heard him.

16 And after this manner do they bear record: The eye hath never seen, neither hath the ear heard, before, so great and marvelous things as we saw and heard Jesus speak unto the Father;

"Fathers and mothers, next time you cradle a newborn child in your arms, you can have an inner vision of the mysteries and purpose of life. You will better understand why the Church is as it is and why the family is the basic organization in time and in eternity. I bear witness that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true, that the plan of redemption, which has been called the plan of happiness, is a plan for families. I pray the Lord that the families of the Church will be blessed, parents and children, that this work will roll forth as the Father intends. I bear this witness in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."-Elder Boyd K. Packer

Happiness in Family Life

is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect,love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.”

~ The Family: A Proclamation to the World ~