Monday, November 24, 2014

Weakness

The Lie: 

I'm not doing a good job, not being a good person, not holding the value close to my heart, etc., if I can easily treat friends with love and listen to them, but am impatient with my siblings/family.

Why It's A Lie:

It's true that it is a weakness and a fault, but that means nothing about your worth or how good you are. Satan takes a portion of truth and warps it into something degrading. The truth is you have a weakness; the lie is you're not good enough because of it. Because the lie is founded on truth, it's easy to believe, and Satan wants us to believe it. But everyone has weaknesses; yours are no greater or smaller than others, and that's what he wants you to forget. When we recognize his lie and turn to Christ and the Atonement, we experience a change of heart. Instead of feeling defeated and a failure, our hearts are actually filled with joy and conviction as we begin to view our weakness as an opportunity to grow immensely in spirit and in our connection with God. Like it says in Ether 12:27, our weaknesses are given to us so we may be humble and turn to Christ and His grace, because through Him we are perfected, and our weaknesses will become strengths. 

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