“I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men.”  D&C 64:10.  I begin with this because it is the second half that I wish to speak about at this time.  My thoughts today are on the needs to forgive all men.  Not the point of forgiving others, but the need to forgive yourself.  President Hunter spoke about the importance of forgiving yourself just as much as forgiving your neighbor.

            Recently, I was pondering deeply on various things, and there has been for a long time I have not been able to forgive myself for things that I have done in the past.  I was thinking about various recent conference talks about the importance of forgiving yourself as part of the Atonement, and I found a need to say to myself that I forgive myself of my errors that I have repented of.

            After having done this, I have found that there has been a great burden lifted from me.  I was able to finally forgive myself of things, and I have never felt better about it.  We are constantly thinking of the importance of forgiving others, and the need to do so, but as stated in many talks and articles, there is an importance to find forgiveness in ourselves also.

            To truly obtain the fullness of the Atonement, one must not only forgive others of their faults and follies, but also to forgive yourself of the sins and missteps you make.  The importance of learning from your mistakes and working on not making them again is important and a key part of bettering yourself.

If you have ever had this longing point of stress, harm, feeling low, and you feel that you have repented, or that there is just something that seems to be hanging on you, and you can’t quite put your finger on it; I encourage you to look inside and ask yourself “Have I forgiven me for these things?”  If the answer is ‘no’, or uncertain; I say take it from me, forgive yourself.  It will make you feel better like you have never felt before.

“I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men.”  D&C 64:10.  I begin with this because it is the second half that I wish to speak about at this time.  My thoughts today are on the needs to forgive all men.  Not the point of forgiving others, but the need to forgive yourself.  President Hunter spoke about the importance of forgiving yourself just as much as forgiving your neighbor.

            Recently, I was pondering deeply on various things, and there has been for a long time I have not been able to forgive myself for things that I have done in the past.  I was thinking about various recent conference talks about the importance of forgiving yourself as part of the Atonement, and I found a need to say to myself that I forgive myself of my errors that I have repented of.

            After having done this, I have found that there has been a great burden lifted from me.  I was able to finally forgive myself of things, and I have never felt better about it.  We are constantly thinking of the importance of forgiving others, and the need to do so, but as stated in many talks and articles, there is an importance to find forgiveness in ourselves also.

            To truly obtain the fullness of the Atonement, one must not only forgive others of their faults and follies, but also to forgive yourself of the sins and missteps you make.  The importance of learning from your mistakes and working on not making them again is important and a key part of bettering yourself.

If you have ever had this longing point of stress, harm, feeling low, and you feel that you have repented, or that there is just something that seems to be hanging on you, and you can’t quite put your finger on it; I encourage you to look inside and ask yourself “Have I forgiven me for these things?”  If the answer is ‘no’, or uncertain; I say take it from me, forgive yourself.  It will make you feel better like you have never felt before.

It being summertime, schools are getting out; people are graduating high school and college, soon will be July and Independence Day.  We are also, thankfully, deep into the U.S. Presidential election at this time.

There have been various incidents in the news lately about Patriotism, and our Constitutional rights, and how they are to be upheld, and who has the right to what.  There are those in the State of Utah, some who possess high and or important positions, like Sheriffs, State Legislative members, members of Congress, who feel that it is not the Federal Government’s role or position to be able to tell them how to do things, or how they can control Federal lands.  This is in direct contradiction of the Lord’s words to us in these days.

With school starting for many/most in the U.S., and around the world, including myself, I wanted to speak to the importance of education, and what is stands for in the LDS faith, and in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

As this is the month of July, and the 4^th of July is upon us, and the anniversary of the United States declaring independence, and forming a new country, based on freedoms and liberty, I thought it would be nice to view some keys points in both the Political, and Spiritual factors of this time of year for Americans.  I think on the Garth Brooks song “We shall be free”.  If you are unfamiliar with it, I would advise looking it up and or listening to it, and pay close attention to the lyrics, and the truth behind them.