My Favorite Scripture

I was reading tonight in Defined by Christ about the Plan of Salvation. I love it how Toni Sorenson describes it. She says, "It's called the Plan of Salvation because it's there to redeem us when we sell ourselves short. It's called the Plan of Redemption because it's there to remind us who we really are and what we're worth in the eyes of the Almighty. It's the plan of mercy and the plan of happiness because it's there to wipe away our misery and despair." Aren' those lovely thoughts. I think they are. Heavenly Father's plan can help us through anything through the Atoning sacrifice of our Savior.

He knows who we are and how we feel no matter what we are going through because He has gone through it Himself. He experienced everything. He has felt all our misery, hunger, pain, weakness, etc. Sometimes I remember this when I am going through a trial and it makes me want to hold my head up higher and praise Him instead of wallowing because I do not want to be the one to cause any more pain for Him.

In the beginning, the book talked about knowing our Heavenly Father and our Savior. The book talks about knowing Satan, who he is, what he wants and how he works. He wants each of us to become like him and not be able to return to our Heavenly Father. He knows exactly how to hit us and how to try to make us feel low. He gets into our thoughts and makes us think bad thoughts especially about ourselves. He tries to get us to stop believing that we are children of God. He tries to tell us that our trials are brought on by our actions. Some are, but some are not. Some we create by giving in to the temptations of satan. Some are caused by others and some just happen. When we go through trials he wants us to think that this is the end. That we cannot live through these hard times or even if we do, our Heavenly Father will not love us and we are worthless.

When these thoughts start to enter my head, I turn to my favorite scripture which was quoted in the book. D & C 58: 3-4 "Ye cannot beholde with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the glory which shall follow much tribulation. For after much tribulation come the blessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand."

This gets me through and helps me feel the love of my Heavenly Father. All the things I go through will enable me to blessed in heaven. What a great thought!

I don't want Satan to win, so I am going to work hard to come closer to my Savior and to feel the Holy Ghost. To cast Satan out of my life and to move toward eternal life with my Father in Heaven, my Savior, and my family.