"The works, and the designs, and the purposes of God cannot be frustrated, neither can they come to naught."
Doctrine and Covenants 3:1
I really like this. It is good to know that God's words and plans are sure. I think this is obvious to us sometimes, because after all, God knows everything, past present future... all of it, and so everything is already taken into account. Perhaps the biggest place where we sometimes doubt is with regard to ourselves. We think that God's plan for *us* can be frustrated... which is a scary thought sometimes. We think that we've screwed up enough that God can't save us, or that we've already lost heaven, so really, why try anymore?
And yet, God's plans cannot be frustrated. They are still there, firm and steadfast. God won't force us to accept his mercy and salvation. We can choose to walk away from him and deny him. But if we ever turn around, he's still there, and our mercy and salvation are *still there,* waiting patiently for us to realize how desperately we need them.
It's not easy to walk back, mostly because it forces us to change our hearts and our minds, and that's painful, and often requires God's help in some big ways... but hard as it is, the way back is never barred to us, as long as we can muster up the emotional and spiritual courage to turn around and accept the love and God is offering us. ... And it's not only hard. It's also joyful and hopeful and blessed and freeing and filling. It's wholeness to fill our holes, and balm to soothe every pain. We *are* salvageable, and worth saving, and God pleads with us to accept his help. Today, let's allow God's purposes and designs into our lives, and start freeing ourselves to become so much more than we have been, walking in God's eternal, unchanging, and non-frustrated paths. :)
Doctrine and Covenants 3:1
I really like this. It is good to know that God's words and plans are sure. I think this is obvious to us sometimes, because after all, God knows everything, past present future... all of it, and so everything is already taken into account. Perhaps the biggest place where we sometimes doubt is with regard to ourselves. We think that God's plan for *us* can be frustrated... which is a scary thought sometimes. We think that we've screwed up enough that God can't save us, or that we've already lost heaven, so really, why try anymore?
And yet, God's plans cannot be frustrated. They are still there, firm and steadfast. God won't force us to accept his mercy and salvation. We can choose to walk away from him and deny him. But if we ever turn around, he's still there, and our mercy and salvation are *still there,* waiting patiently for us to realize how desperately we need them.
It's not easy to walk back, mostly because it forces us to change our hearts and our minds, and that's painful, and often requires God's help in some big ways... but hard as it is, the way back is never barred to us, as long as we can muster up the emotional and spiritual courage to turn around and accept the love and God is offering us. ... And it's not only hard. It's also joyful and hopeful and blessed and freeing and filling. It's wholeness to fill our holes, and balm to soothe every pain. We *are* salvageable, and worth saving, and God pleads with us to accept his help. Today, let's allow God's purposes and designs into our lives, and start freeing ourselves to become so much more than we have been, walking in God's eternal, unchanging, and non-frustrated paths. :)
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