This morning before church I read Mosiah 3. This chapter scratches the surface of Christs Atonement, becoming a Saint by putting off the natural man and becoming as a Child.
My focus today is how I can become more like a child by using the Atonement of Christ, while putting off the natural man.
When I refer to becoming like a child, I don't refer to doing childish things. If we ponder for a second what this simple word means (set aside the screaming, etc... that children do). Children are meek, teachable, obedient (for the most part :) ), humble and loving. Through study of the scriptures we see Christ use this phrase a lot in his teaching. Example: This is one of my favorite scriptures Matthew 18:1-4 - "At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them. And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven."
I personally want to enter into the kingdom of heaven! Christ has shown us the way we can return to him, but it is a lot harder than we think. We can't become as little children by ourselves. My wife and I constantly set goals and try and achieve them, but after a day or two we get burnt out and that goal slowly becomes history. This blog was started two weeks ago for the intent to record our daily studies....Well Two weeks later and very little study between our goal was not being worked on or achieved. But as you see today is my first post. I have re-dedicated myself and am recording my study.
You wonder why I brought that little tangent up. Well, all things are made possible through the Atonement of Christ. When we fail, fall, get hurt emotionally and physically, need help and/or just need a friend we can turn to Christ and his Atonement for help! He knows what we are going through, what we have gone through, and what we will go through so we only need to look to him for help. This is when becoming a child is so important, because we all have to much pride to seek help, but we need to be child like and learn from everyone.
"And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people."
I know that Christ has suffered for me! I know that as I try and become as a true disciple of Jesus Christ, I will become as a little child, through the help of Jesus and his Atoning sacrifice. I pray that I can continue to stick to my goal of posting my thoughts and insights on this blog will not only help me become a better person, but will also bless someone somewhere! I love my Savior!
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