I have been home from my mission for about 5 months now and wow what an adventure its been. Adjusting back to life has not been the easiest thing but I have learned so much more about myself, the gospel, the adversary...a lot. I have been at school at BYU-Idaho for the past two semesters and balancing social, educational, spiritual, aspects of my life has often times been a lot to handle but in my online religion class I was reminded of a principle that I am so grateful for and has helped me a lot this week!
This week,
something that really struck me was the principle about forgiveness found in
chapter 7 of Luke, when the Savior forgives the woman and it says “Wherefore I
say unto thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but
to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth
little. And he said unto her, thy sins are forgiven” This principle really
impacted me for the reason that the mercy and love of the Savior is so great
and how really all he expects from us is so simple, to love Him and to follow
Him. Forgiveness in my life has been hard sometimes, whether I was trying to
forgive others or especially this semester to forgive myself, I have felt the Atonement take over during
those times when I felt uncapable to forgive. It’s so crazy to me that no
matter how badly we may have messed up, the Savior is always going to forgive
us as long as we do our part. I love the Savior and I seek to be able to
forgive as he does with each one of us. I am so grateful for repentance,
because if it were not for repentance there would be no forgiveness. We mess up but there is ALWAYS a way back....
-Isabel Abreu
