Sweet Above All

Because we have a tendency to take our blessings for granted, sometimes we have to taste the bitter to prize the good. When we recognize the difference, when we recognize that all the good we have received is from God, we can have greater gratitude for the tender mercies of the Lord. We can recognize more readily and more frequently that He is a God of tender mercy, that these tender mercies from God are a witness of His love. Yes, we taste bitter and sweet in this life, but we can come to know, and even receive a sure witness, that God’s love is sweet above all that is sweet.

I Love The Lord

"I Love the Lord"
(2 Nephi 4:16—35)
I love the Lord. In him my soul delights.
Upon his word, I ponder day and night.
He's heard my cry, brought visions to my sleep,
And kept me safe o'er deserts and the deep.
He's filled my heart with his consuming love,
And borne me high on wings of his great dove.
Yet oft I groan,"O wretched man am I!"
My flesh is weak and I'm encompassed by
A world of sin, which holds me in its thrall,
If I give in and to temptations fall.
Then strength grows slack, I waste in sorrow's vale.
My peace destroyed, my enemies prevail.
Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin.
Rejoice, my heart! And let me praise again
The Lord my God, who is my rock and stay
To keep me strict upon his straight, plain way.
O let me shake at the first sight of sin
And thus escape my foes without and in.
Adaptation: John S Tanner

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He is Risen

Think of all the people you know that use to believe in something and now believe in something different. The new view, however convincing, when compared to the old view can still be wrong. When someone is convinced of something, even something new, it is the closest thing to impossible to convince them otherwise.

Miraculously, the Lord, thru the Light of Christ and the Holy Ghost, has been able to reach out and touch a person’s mind and heart in such a way that the spiritual impact changes beliefs, yet again, and changes lives.

Some of my strongest held beliefs and deepest convictions have melted away in the sunlight of God's divine truth. Mercifully, God moved mountains of darkness and deception to save my soul from the vilest of sins, beliefs, and behaviors.

Christ, through His atonement, has rescued me, and He can rescue you.

He is risen, the very Son of God is risen!

Happy Easter!!