Repentance, Faith, and Testimonies

Good evening everyone! I need to get better at posting on Sunday when the Relief Society lesson is fresh in our minds. But this way we can all have a mid-week refresher right? This week's blog post was written by Angie (thank you Angie). I appreciated the RS lesson last Sunday because it made me examine my own life, and I found areas where I can improve when it comes to repentance, faith, and working on my testimony. I hope you all got something out of the lesson too!

Now on to Angie's post-

Yvonne gave a great lesson on faith and repentance from our Joseph Fielding Smith book. Faith and repentance go hand in hand for me. You can't believe Heavenly Father will forgive your sins without faith that he can.

Yvonne asked a lot of great questions that make us think. Like "how can we show our love for someone who needs to be lead towards repentance?"

I immediately thought of an example: Christ was the ultimate example to us about compassion. Did he turn away from someone who had sinned? No. Did he welcome you with open arms and said tell me all your worries? Yes. We should do the same. Most of my friends including my best friends are not members. What kind of friend would I be if I juggled them because they sinned different than I do?



Sencond, how are we working on our testimonies? Sometimes we forget we have them but we can never deny our testimonies. We are just lying to ourselves. We all have our own ways of building our testimonies. For me it's a constant reminder. When look at my wedding ring I think about the temple covenants I made nearly 3 years ago, and I am reminded that families are forever and I must do everything in my power to keep those happy thoughts there.

Third. Why do we need to repent? Why seems like and obvious question. It's not always the case for someone else. When we repent we are excepting the atonement. We are brought closer to Heavenly Father, and our burdens are lifted. I know when I repent it feels like I lost 100 lbs off my shoulders. Why wouldn't you want to feel close to our savior and have your burdens lifted?

We don't have to punish ourselves. That's Satan talking saying you can do that tomorrow. Procrastination is one of Satan's tricks. You will feel much better if you take action and you repent sooner rather than later.

I know that when I repent I feel like a new woman. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.

-Angie Facer