Oh, I am getting rather ready for this to be over, and in just a few short days...I won't have to worry about coming up with a fresh topic...or fail at coming up with a fresh topic, but whatever.
From today's funeral..."The atonement can heal your broken heart."
Lately, I've felt like my heart has been pretty broken. Broken over so many things, big and little, adding all up and just making me sad all the time. Sad to watch my friends who have fertility issues. Sad to watch my friends lose children. Sad to see other friends try to cope with the challenges of marriage and children and jobs. Sad to watch my own life as it spirals into a place so low...I mean, really low. I never thought it could be like this.
But then those words of wisdom, and suddenly, I feel like it will all be okay because I believe that is true. The atonement can heal my broken heart. And that is because of the unconditional love of my Savior. You know what's perfect? Christ's love. And why is that? Because it is given without strings. That is what Caleb and April have taught me. They have taught me an incalculably valuable lesson about how Christ loves. He loves with no expectation of us whatsoever. Me, sinful, prideful, unfocused, lost. Me, trying, working, making an effort. Me, succeeding, growing, becoming. All these stages of me, He loves. He loves me at my lowest and at my highest. And the atonement can heal my broken heart, whatever the cause.
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