{"id":8567,"date":"2016-08-23T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/?p=8567"},"modified":"2016-08-23T09:24:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T15:24:51","slug":"how-wonderful-it-is-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/23\/how-wonderful-it-is-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"How Wonderful It Is to Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

With three talks bearing witness of Jesus Christ, this week, how can I pass up an opportunity to proclaim how wonderful His atoning sacrifice is to me.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Confused at the grace that so fully he proffers me.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I tremble to know that for me he was crucified,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

That for me, a sinner, he suffered, he bled and died.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Not only do I believe in Jesus Christ, I believe in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that preaches His gospel. There are many good people of other faiths in the world. It feels right to hear them praise Jesus, or preach of a Savior who rescues us, but the gospel I hold to is unique amongst all of them. As Bruce R. McConkie stated, \u201cThe issue, I think, is not <\/span>what<\/span><\/i> we should do but <\/span>how<\/span><\/i> we should do it.\u201d His gospel teaches us how. And so we fumble and practice as we work toward perfection.<\/span><\/p>\n

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S. Dilworth Young reminded us when Jesus Christ visited the Americas, a voice came from the heavens that the people couldn\u2019t quite understand. \u201cAnd it came to pass that while they were thus conversing one with another, they heard a voice as if it came out of heaven; and they cast their eyes round about, for they understood not the voice which they heard\u201d (3 Ne. 11:3)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>This makes me think of the confusion of our day within our own church. We have the truth, we know the signs, yet we still have our doubts and seek confirmation from our friends before turning heavenward.<\/p>\n

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We all have a mediocre understanding of Jesus Christ\u2019s atoning sacrifice. We readily accept that He has\"jesus-walking-on-water-129516-thumbnail\"<\/a> taken away our sins, but do we realize that the atonement is even more complete and far-reaching than simply relieving us of our wrong-doings? It\u2019s a constant battle for me to remember Him for those incidentals in my life, to call upon Him first before my woes set in, to fully depend on His way being the only–better–way. The few times I have managed to put off my \u201cnatural man,\u201d and rely completely on the atonement, I testify that it has been truly wonderful to me.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As I continue learning about the atonement, and its all-encompassing-ness, I understand that it isn’t\u00a0just for \u201cBig Things,\u201d and it isn\u2019t to be used as a last resort. The atonement must be used, thought about, appreciated, and incorporated into everyday life.<\/p>\n

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