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Re: Mormon Guilt [message #403 is a reply to message #312]

Sun, 27 May 2012 22:32

Ashleyd
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This is such a great topic because this has always been the adversary's greatest tool against me. It is interesting to me just how intertwined Faith, Hope, and Charity really are. I think its really great that when the teacher said these things about when we insert our own names you recognized it was a false idea because I probably would have just gone a long with it shaking me head...lol... because that has been my mind set for all too long. I always get stuck in the same pattern and I think I am finally beginning to understand why the scriptures teach that hope is so important.

For me this is what has always happened. 1. I have great desires to become like the Lord and to serve Him. 2. But of course my desires are always much further ahead of the game in terms of actually being able to be obedient and I sin. 3. Depending on the level of the sin, I beat myself to a pulp and become so frustrated with myself and in such despair that I run away from God...I stop praying..reading scriptures... etc... I feel like I don't deserve forgiveness and what's the point because at some point I know I'll sin again no matter how much I hate it when I do. And then everything just goes down hill and my hope is completely gone and In reality I am denying the power of the atonement in my life.

The sins I always feel the most harrowed up over always have to do with being a Mother. If I exersize unrighteous dominion or lose my patience etc.. And sometimes I can be too hard on my oldest and I know its partially because of how I was raised and because I can be so hard on myself. But I get really upset when I do certain things my parents did because I don't want him to have to overcome the same issues I do.

But anyway, I am trying to learn not to be that way and recognize that it's Satan that wants me to feel that way. And I have just come to realize that I will never be any better then I am now through any efforts of my own. That doesn't mean I won't try to do what's right and be obedient but really it's the Lord who has the power to save and its through His Grace and Sanctification that changes are wrought within me. And I have to remind myself that they all can't happen overnight and to be patient with myself and Lord because he is doing a marvelous work and a wonder within me when I let Him. Hope is so important.

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		Mormon Guilt By: Dragon on Sat, 16 April 2011 20:54
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: Amonhi on Sat, 16 April 2011 23:33
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: Seeker on Mon, 25 April 2011 20:29
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: Dragon on Mon, 25 April 2011 23:05
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: Seeker on Wed, 27 April 2011 13:53
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: Ashleyd on Sun, 27 May 2012 22:32
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: Jeremy on Fri, 08 June 2012 13:47
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: bishop on Sun, 24 June 2012 14:33
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: JustMe on Wed, 26 December 2012 10:35
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: Dragon on Wed, 26 December 2012 11:58
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: Ashleyd on Sat, 29 December 2012 18:28
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: JulesGP on Sat, 29 December 2012 20:26
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: bishop on Sat, 29 December 2012 20:53
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: Ashleyd on Sat, 29 December 2012 21:52
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: bishop on Sun, 30 December 2012 13:07
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: SingleToHisGlory on Sat, 29 December 2012 20:21
		Re: Mormon Guilt By: JulesGP on Sat, 29 December 2012 20:39

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