(July 13, 2014)
One of
the things that comes out frequently is the great divide between light and
darkness that accompanies the Restoration. But that is something that I really haven’t
ever experienced in my life. Instead, I
find myself torn between light and darkness, striving to embrace the light and
feeling the inertia of the darkness. I
grow stronger in my efforts (I am a better man than I was a decade ago, or even
a year ago), but I still struggle with so very much.
But I
suppose that is part and parcel of the Gospel. If we are willing to continue to try to live
it, eventually our efforts (combined with Grace) will allow the Atonement to
overcome our natures. If, on the other
hand, we turn away because of the pain or the difficulty of the road we are
obliged to travel, we will condemn ourselves to the blindness and hardness of
our hearts.
I am
very often blind, and my heart is often hard, but it is my hope that I will not
be delivered up to that blindness and hardness because of my desire to receive
peace.
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