It is a beautiful thing that the Nephite prophets worked so hard to do something as difficult as engrave
on the plates because they wanted their children to know of Christ. There is no work that is too hard for
that purpose.
I've been feeling my weaknesses strongly this morning, and sorrowing in them. I feel like I should be
better, and that is true. I work towards that end, not always as hard or diligently as I should, but I am
trying to be better. Sometimes, though, I let Satan use my weaknesses to discourage me, like the stress I
was feeling this morning as I lay awake in bed worrying. But Jacob says that God gives us weaknesses so
we are humbled and can depend on Him. And then when we do manage to accomplish something good,
they help us remember that it is only through Him. I know I need that reminder, and so, as sorrowful as
my heart is this morning, I am also grateful for my weaknesses, and pray that they will teach me to rely
on Him; to listen harder to His promptings, to turn more often to Him, to keep a prayer always in my
heart, and to not be a lazy and slothful servant. I'm so grateful that as I learn and have so much need to
repent that he is loving and merciful, or I would be lost!
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