"And when thy people transgress, any of them, they may speedily repent and return unto thee, and find favor in thy sight, and be restored to the blessings which thou hast ordained to be poured out upon those who shall reverence thee in thy house."
Doctrine and Covenants 109:21
This was part of the prayer given at the dedication of the Kirtland Temple. I like the idea of helping us repent speedily. :) That's kind of a hard thing to plan for on a personal level, because if you are doing some pre-meditated sin and planning to repent later... the sincerity required to be truly sorry for what you did is going to be extremely hard to come by. On the other hand, we know that we are going to sin in general, so asking that we'll be able to recognize our mistakes and faults and learn quickly and make changes in our lives to become better... that seems pretty wise. :)
Part of it I think is the ideas of being in the world but not of it... being able to separate ourselves from our lives a little bit and step back. Perhaps a blessing from God to be able to see things more objectively, or at least see a glimpse of God's perspective, and know that our current circumstances don't define us, and that we can change, and that God will help us with anything good.
Today, let's try to capture that eternal mindset... to "think Celestial" as the prophet would say. :) Let's try to take a step back and examine ourselves, and see places where we can improve... and then follow through with that.
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