Broken Hearts
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Question:
The world likes to debate:
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Question:
Why do good people do bad
things?
What kind of person was
King David?
The Lord is my rock, and my
fortress, and my deliverer;
The God of my rock; in him will I
trust; he is my shield, and the horn
of my salvation, my high tower, and
my refuge, my savior...
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands hath he
recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the
Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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Tragic Story
And it came to pass…at the time when kings go forth to battle… David tarried
still at Jerusalem.
And it came to pass in an evening-tide…David walked upon the roof of the
king's house; and…saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very
beautiful to look upon.
And David sent and inquired after the woman…
David sent messengers, and took [Bathsheba]; and she came in unto him and
he lay with her…
the woman conceived, and…told David…I am with child.
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite…
And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house…
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord,
and went not down to his house
And [David] wrote [to his battlefield general], saying, Set ye Uriah in the
forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him that he may be smitten,
and die.
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab; and there fell some of
the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
When good people do bad things…
3 Nephi 12:19
And behold, I have given you the law and the commandments of my
Father, that ye shall believe in me, and that ye shall repent of your sins,
and come unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit.
Satan
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Contrite comes from the Hebrew word
that means “bruised”
Ole’ steps to Repentance
1- Recognize the sin
2- Feel Remorse
3- Resolve to change the behavior
4- Relate the sin to proper authorites
5- Make Restitution
6- Refrain from the sin
Nephi knew!
We talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we
preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and
we write according to our prophecies…
Why?
…that our children may know to what source
they may look for a remission of their sins!
Lawrence Flake
BYU Professor
Redeemer is the most important of
the overlooked R words…To fail to
recognize our complete
dependence on the Savior in
seeking and receiving forgiveness is to make
a serious oversight.
What a huge mistake to speak of the process of
repentance and forgiveness as if it is
somehow a “do-it-yourself project.”
Elder Holland
Repentance is not easy
or painless or
convenient. It is a bitter
cup from Hell.
But only Satan, who dwells there, would have
you think that a necessary and required
acknowledgment is more distasteful than
permanent residence.
Only he would say, "You can't change. You
won't change. It's too long and too hard to
change. Give up. Give in. Don't repent. You
are just the way you are." That, my friends, is
a lie born of desperation. Don't fall for it.
King Benjamin
“And now, for the sake of these things which I have
spoken unto you- that is, for the sake of retaining
a remission of your sins from day to day, that ye
may walk guiltless before GodI would that ye should impart of your substance to
the poor, every man according to that which he
hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the
naked, visiting the sick and administering to their
relief, both spiritually and temporally, according
to their wants.”
Bro. Robert Millet
It would be like finding my wife in the kitchen boiling
twenty jars in a large container on the stove. I say to
her, “Shauna, what are you doing?”
“Sterilizing jars,”, she answers.
I ask, “Why are you sterilizing the jars?”
“To get them clean.”
“What are you going to do with the clean jars?”
“Put them on the counter.”
“What are you going to do with them there?”
“I’m going to put them there so everyone can see just
how clean they are.”
“What purpose will they serve?”
“People will know we have clean jars.”
Elder Featherstone
One day a woman came to my business office. She leaned
across the desk and said, "President, I have carried a
transgression on my heart for thirty-four years that I cannot
carry one more step in this life. I know how tenderhearted you are,
and I wouldn't add one particle of a burden to your soul."
I said, "My dear sister, before you go on, let me share with you a
principle of the gospel. When you take a burden off your soul, it is
lifted from the priesthood leader's soul also."
She said, "I know I will be cast out; I know I will be excommunicated,
but does it have to be forever? Thirty-four years ago, before my
first husband and I were married, I was involved in an abortion.
Since that time, I have felt like a murderess. It was my husband's
idea, and I did not resist. I had an abortion. Later we got married.
He was unfaithful constantly during the first two years of our
marriage.
Elder Featherstone Continues
I finally divorced him and have since remarried a wonderful man
who is a convert to the Church. He knows everything; and he
still wants to be sealed to me. President, do you think that either
in time or in eternity we can be sealed together? I know I will
have to be cast out, but does it have to be forever?" The tears
flowed down her cheeks.
I had known this woman and thought she was one of the most
Christlike women I had ever met. She
always baked bread, rolls, or cookies for
the people in the neighborhood. Whenever
they had a ward party and the Relief
Society sisters cleaned up, she always
scrubbed the floor. She said that she didn't
feel worthy to stand by them and do the
dishes after what she had done; she only
felt worthy to scrub the floor where they
walked. She told me that she had never
gossiped about anyone else. "How could
I," she said, "after what I had done?"
Finally
I listened to her confession, humbled to tears, and told her, "I
have never had a case of abortion before. I will need to write to
President Kimball, [then the] President of the Quorum of the
Twelve, and get his counsel."
I wrote to President Kimball and shared the entire story. I told
him that she was one of the most Christlike women I had known
and that she was willing to submit to any decision he would
have for her. Two weeks later I received his response. I called
the sister and asked her to meet me at the stake office as soon
as she could. When I arrived at the stake center, she was
already there. Her eyes were red, and she was pale. I know she
must have been on her knees several times after my call,
asking for mercy.
Again I sat across the desk from her and said, "I do not want to keep you waiting
one second longer. We are not even going to stop for prayer. Let me read you
President Kimball's letter: 'Dear President Featherstone: You inquired about a
woman who had been involved in an abortion thirty-four years ago. From the
way you describe her, it sounds like she has long since repented. You may tell
her on behalf of the Church she is forgiven. After a thorough and searching
interview, you may issue this sweet sister a temple recommend so she can go to
the temple and be sealed to her present husband.'