Thursday, January 2, 2025

Change, Repentance

 Elder Holland shared the beautiful message that Jesus Christ lets things go. This message was shared on x on 9/18/24. Despite the disciples having forsook him, he saw them and said, "All hail" and he doesn't say a word about their fleeing or their betrayals or the crock crowing, he just says all hail. I'm glad you're here. Where going to be happy and head for the Galilee and we got missions to talk about. I love that willingness to say I forgive and forget and you forget and let's be happy and keep going.

This same idea was part of the boat building talk I really liked at BYU:

 Change is always possible. And the change that comes from repentance is complete—so complete that God “remember[s our sins] no more.”23 This was true for the brother of Jared, and it is true for us. Later in the brother of Jared’s life—well after the three hours of chastisement—the Lord praised the brother of Jared—as if he had always been faithful in praying—when He said, “Never has man come before me with such exceeding faith as thou hast.”24