"I have been studying a good amount this week about humility and
just how important it is to be humble. I love the part in Alma 32
talking about humility. It is when Alma is teaching the poor people who
have been kicked out of their churches, their synagogues because they
don't have enough money or good enough clothing to wear. They come to Alma because they don't know how to worship God because they have nowhere
to go. Alma then goes on to teach them that worshiping God isn't in the
church only. You can worship God every day of the week. In every moment. At all times. He says to them that they are blessed because their
poverty has made them humble. And he says they are blessed because
people who are humble, look to repent and people who repent will
receive mercy. and people who receive mercy and endure to the end will
be saved. So, if we are compelled to be humble, that means we need to
repent of our past mistakes. If
we truly repent, which means if we choose to leave behind the past
mistakes and truly change and have a desire to follow Christ, we will
receive forgiveness. always. I love that promise. He will always forgive
us when we truly repent. No matter what we have done, or how long we
have been doing it, if we just decide to leave it behind and move
forward and choose to do what's right and follow Christ, he will ALWAYS
forgive us. Because He loves us. I love what was said by President
Monson.. something like Gods love is always there for us, whether we
deserve it or not... We are all imperfect and all commit errors. But God
always loves us and always will forgive us if we choose to learn from
our mistakes and change. It takes lots of humility to accept that
sometimes. I also love what Alma says to them. Blessed are they who
humble themselves without being compelled to be humble. Lots of us have
everything we need, temporally, and so we won't be compelled to be
humble because of our exceeding poverty, but guess what if we just
choose to be humble we will be even more blessed. It takes humility to
accept our faults and accept to change. accept to admit that we aren't
the best we can be. To be teachable and want to get better every day.
Ask yourself at night before you go to bed, ¨Am I a better person today
than I was yesterday?¨ And if not, repent and commit to be better the
next day. That has helped me and motivated me to become a better person
every day by trying to follow Jesus Christ. By trying to become more
like Him in every moment. I have to repent every day. sometimes more
than once a day. I'm not perfect and never will be. But i know that I'm a
better person right now than I was yesterday and that's all that matters.
Love you all. Christmas is coming up, where we celebrate Christ. No better time to decide to follow Him :)"
Elder Ainge
(posted with permission from his mom :))
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