"But remember that he that persists in his own carnal nature, and goes on in the ways of sin and rebellion against God, remaineth in his fallen state and the devil hath all power over him. Therefore he is as though there was no redemption made, being an enemy to God; and also is the devil an enemy to God."
Mosiah 16:5
This is a good thing to remember... not as a negative thing to make life seem impossible, of course, but just as a reminder of what the point of all of it is. God gives us repentance as kind of an "extra life" chance in a video game. It doesn't solve the problems for us, but it erases some of the bad consequences of our previous choices and lets us try again.
The thing is, if we keep trying the same way over and over, we end up back at that same bad ending, over and over, and no amount of extra lives are going to solve that for us. God gives us this reminder so that we can take the gift he has given us and actually make different choices... change where we are headed, and what our priorities are, so we don't end up at that same bad place.
Today, let's break the cycle and use God's grace to change our lives for the better. If we fall down, let's get up again... but we need to keep walking God's path, and not the other way.
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