"Behold and hearken, O ye elders of my church, saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ, your advocate, who knoweth the weakness of man and how to succor them who are tempted."
Doctrine and Covenants 62:1
I think this is interesting because so often I think I see God as too far off to really understand my life and the challenges thereof. If I am tempted, that is the last time that I want to call upon God, thinking that he *won't* understand, and that all I will get is anger or intolerance. Except, when you think it out like that, those might be things that you would expect from yourself or the similarly excessively flawed people around you... but it isn't what we should expect from God. Christ lived his life here, and knows what it is like... and as if that weren't enough, he also suffered for each of our sins. He knows *precisely* what we are each going through, and unlike ourselves, he knows what to do about it. He knows how to help us when we are tempted, and what to do about our weaknesses. There *is* a balm in Gilead. :) God can heal us of our infirmities of body, of mind, and of soul... and if you are like me, you will need all three quite often. :) God isn't a fair-weather friend. he is one of the very few who will be there whether you are lost or found, stormy or calm... alive or dead. :) I don't think that you can get more consistent than that. So, today... even if there is no one or nowhere else to turn (and unfortunately that is what it takes for us to choose God sometimes), God will still, and always, be there.
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