Easter

It seems like Easter always sneaks up on me.  It's here and then it's gone again.  As we approached Easter Sunday I found myself really wanting to catch the spirit of the true meaning of Easter.  This day celebrates the most important event in human history and I feel like I treat it too lightly, focusing on candy and Easter dinner rather than the Atonement of my Savior.  I tried to read conference talks and Ensign articles to help me focus on Christ.  I'm so glad that I took some time to do that.  I was reminded of how amazing the atonement is and how it can help me in so many aspects of my life.  In my study I learned that the gospel is here on earth to make bad men good and good men better, and that the Atonement of Jesus Christ makes both of those things possible.  Bad men become good through repentance.  Good men become better through the enabling power of the atonement.  The enabling power of the atonement gives each of us the means to be better through Christ than we could ever be on our own.  I was also reminded that Christ performed the Atonement for EVERYONE.  This is important for me to remember because I tend to be judgmental.  But I'm not perfect, and neither is anyone else, which is why Christ gave us the Atonement and the possibility of repentance.  If I can realize how much I need the atonement, then I can know that others need it just as much.  I wouldn't want others to judge me so I can be less judgmental of others, and be patient and pray that the Atonement will help me become better a better person.  I have a testimony that Christ died for each of us, and that through this sacrifice we are blessed with so many opportunities to become better.  I also testify that He lives, and He wants each of us to be happy and follow Him back to live with our Father in Heaven.  I am grateful for Easter, and the chance to refocus, and remember the importance of the Atonement of my Savior. 

Here we are on Easter.  Next Easter we'll have a cute little girl in our pictures!!  (23 Weeks)