#6
I had read this before, but what I love about good books is that they can mean different things every time you read them. Remember how I was yearning to forgive? This had some perfect applications to my personal struggle in this area. I learned that it has been more about what I need to do and less about what the other person needs to do. I need to have a change of heart.
In addition, there were two great truths that I gained this go around:
1. Sin and difficulty in our lives make us reach out to God. This was especially poignant in relation to my food addictions. Some days I just wish it would go away, or that I could find a magic solution that would last forever. I really felt power in this principle because I realized that while it's not easy, this difficulty in my life keeps me in check. It causes me to be humble and look to God for help. Without it, maybe I wouldn't be what I'm meant to be.
2. Salvation does not come in a sentence, in a paragraph, in a book, but rather in a person; Jesus Christ. No amount of studying, note taking or philosophizing can take the place of an individual relationship with the REAL Savior.
4 comments:
Beautifully stated. Our weaknesses keep us humble and in check, while our relationship with the Savior makes us stronger.
You have inspired me to read this book again. I haven't read it since I was engaged. I will see how it affects me different this time around. Thanks Trish!!
Amen! Thanks for the thoughts.
You are such an inspiration to me.
I think you must have been my older, valient and much wiser sister in the pre exsistence.
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