I told everyone that I was going to be using this blog for a place to post my favorite scripture from each days readings! I usually don't read my scriptures til right before bed but as i was sitting here I had an over whelming feeling that I needed to read them so I did just that!
I dont think I have ever had something stand out to me so much while reading the scriptures. Right now I am currently reading in Mosiah 14:4 "Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted."
"Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows." All I can think about each time I read this is how upset and alone I have felt since the passing of my dad. Never did I stop to take a second to think that someone else is feeling my griefs and carrying my sorrows. I am not in this alone, my heavenly father and Jesus Christ love me and they dont want me to be sad and feel alone. Reading the scriptures today has been amazing I have taken so many messages out of just a few chapters.
I know when people think of the atonement, most people think of how Christ took our sins upon himself, but oftentimes, people forget he has also felt our longing, despair, loneliness, pain, hurt, and sadness among many other things. It is comforting to know when I feel most alone in this world that there is someone who knows EXACTLY how I am feeling and all I have to do is call on him to help me get through those times.
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