So here we are, on earth, for a couple of reasons. First of all, we all want to have joy; and second (though we may not know it or think about it often) is to return home....to God's presence. (Have you ever felt homesick, but not for your home here on earth?)
God, our Father, is perfect and has a perfect, immortal body.
We are....not so perfect, and have a body that is definitely not perfect (no matter how hard we try to make it so), and we all will eventually die...this of course, because of the Fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Also there is spiritual death, which happens when we sin (and yes, we are all guilty). Sin distances ourselves from God and always eventually causes unhappiness.
So...how could we possibly hope to return home to our Father in Heaven?
God cannot allow any degree of uncleanliness in His presence; yet, we are unclean. Is God going to be all alone in Heaven? Certainly not. He knew that we would need someone to mediate for us.
Hence His gift to us: the Savior, Jesus Christ and His Atonement: the ONLY way for us to be clean and with God again.
How do I apply the atonement into my life?
Join me next time :)
Bee
"There is power in our love for God and for His children, and when that love is tangibly manifest in millions of acts of Christian kindness, it will sweeten and nourish the world with the life sustaining nectar of faith, hope, and charity" -Elder M. Russell Ballard (Click on the picture to read this great talk!)
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