This is it:
There is right. And there is wrong.
There are so many battles raging all over the world about
what is right and what is wrong. We all point fingers and we all think we know
what’s best for everyone else. We all get offended and we all offend others.
The new trend is such that we define for ourselves what is morally right and
wrong. What’s right for you may not be right for another person, supposedly.
Amid all the debates in the media, in the news, in politics,
in different cultures, in daily life that are spat about and tossed around each
and every day, I wish to proclaim just one thing:
Jesus Christ is the Savior. He came, He lived, He suffered,
He died. He did it because He loves us.
That’s it. That’s all that matters. That’s my whole life. I
am nothing without Him. I am worthless without His Atonement. Worthless because
without it I would never be perfect enough to live up to my full potential. I
am horribly imperfect. I do so many things wrong. I say the wrong things. I
offend people. I don’t show people I love them enough. Sometimes I simply don’t
love people enough. I judge, I sin. I would not be happy, I would be miserable
without Him. HE IS MY EVERYTHING. I owe everything to Him.
To all the people that I love so very much but don’t show it
enough: I’m sorry. To all those I am still learning how to love because I am
human and flawed and slow and selfish: I’m sorry. For all of my other many
flaws that affect and have harmed other people. I am sorry. Please know that
Heavenly Father loves you. And even though I have messed up and hurt others, I
know that He can take away their pain. I know He can because He takes mine. Every
day He carries burdens for me that I would crumble underneath if I had to
trudge on alone in this increasingly threatening world.
I am often accused of not seeing evil. Or of not seeing
things in the world. I am often told that I need to calm down, that the gospel
is too much a part of me. That I live in the world and I need to try harder to
be a part of it, to please the people around me.
I will do no such thing. Jesus Christ gave everything for me
to be happy. He stood up and said that He would Atone for us. He made it
possible for us to come here. He came here and lived in the world and was
persecuted beyond my mortal comprehension. The world hated Him so much that
they crucified Him. They crucified the Son of God. He let them. He let them so
that I could live in the world free from the depth of pain that He experienced.
Jesus Christ gave His life for me, and I will give mine for
Him.
In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
