2 Nephi 1:23
"Awake, my sons; put on the armor of righteousness. Shake of the chains wiht which ye are bound. and come forth out of obscurity an arise from the dust."
As i have tried to figure out and decide on a good name for this blog my mind has been drawn back to this scripture so many times. Lehi is about to die and this is the last words he gives to Laman and Lemuel. "Arise from the Dust". What great advice. Advice that has really come to mean a lot to me over the last year.
Lehi ,like Heavenly Father, knew his sons had fallen short and would fall short. When i think of this scripture I often think of my Savior, Jesus Christ, who did so much and made it possible for us to "Arise from the Dust"
President Uchtdorf in October 2013 General conference said "As long as we are willing to rise up again and continue on the path, … we can learn something from failure and become better and happier."
As long as we are willing to stand up again and do our best we can overcome our trials.
"Why do we fall bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up" Batman Begins
We fall so we can grow. And overcoming trials and Enduring to the end can be the hardest thing we ever can do.
The atonement of Jesus Christ the moment in time that without which we would have no purpose. The Atonement is so real. It is through the atonement that all things are possible. As Elder Bednar says it is the Enabling Atonement "The enabling power of the Atonement strengthens us to do and be good and to serve beyond our own individual desire and natural capacity."
The Atonement is what enables us to "Arise from the dust"
I love the gospel of Jesus Christ and know it is through our Savior that we can change. He loves me He loves all of us. I know that and i know that through him we will arise from the dust and be men.
