Repentance and Forgiveness

In last October conference, Elder Jorg Klebingat, gave us a list of 6 things to help us increase our Confidence with God. I’m a list maker and like to check things off so I liked his message about using the Atonement in our lives.

#4. Become really, really good at repenting thoroughly and quickly. Because the Atonement of Jesus Christ is very practical, you should apply it generously 24/7, for it never runs out.

He compares the Atonement of Jesus Christ as a prescription from the Great Physician, Jesus Christ. We go to the Dr. for a prescription medication to fix our bodies; in comparison we have the atonement that we can fix our spirits with, if “we apply it generously, 24/7”.

(Along with Repentance of course, comes Forgiveness)

#5. Become really, really good at forgiving. “I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men” (D&C 64:10). Forgive everyone, everything, all the time, or at least strive to do so, thus allowing forgiveness into your own life. We shouldn’t hold grudges, or be easily offended, We need to forgive and forget quickly.

Another way to look at it: “We should forgive not because we are wrong, but because staying angry robs us of our happiness.”