LDS General Conference is always a blessing to listen to. You can always find a message that you can relate to your personal life. As I listened this weekend, the message that came to me was "keep going". When you have made big mistakes in your life, listening to prophets and apostles speak about the effects of sin can be a very painful reminder. You listen to them speak about how you are supposed to live and realize how, in the past, you did not live right. Those feelings of guilt, self-doubt, fear, shame, and misery can come flooding back. Even when you are living righteously, the past can come back to haunt you. This can be very difficult and hard to avoid. But although it is very difficult, the message that the Lord's servants have for us is to keep going, never give up, and rely on the Savior. We can change, we can make good decisions, we can be forgiven. We just need to KEEP GOING.
During a hard trial we may go through a long stretch of happiness and "easy days". These days are a blessing and help us to realize we are making good decisions and that we are on the right path. But we will inevitably have very difficult days still. We will have reminders of our mistakes. We will have emotional days that test our endurance and obedience. These hard days are a test for us. They are opportunities for us to make the right decisions. They are opportunities for us to do what is right. I strongly believe that without difficult trials and times in this life, we will never become who we need to be. We will never reach our full potential unless we have to fight for it. That is why it is so important that we KEEP GOING. There is nothing in this life that we cannot overcome. Yes, we can make the wrong decisions. We can give up or give in. We can call it quits. But it is not worth it. If we just keep going, keep being obedient, keep making right decisions, it will all work out in the end and we will be happy and peaceful.
Don't be too hard on yourself. Don't beat yourself up. That will only make it harder. Look for the good in yourself and use these reminders of your past to make you stronger. Our Heavenly Father loves us so much. We can be forgiven for our sins. We can be comforted during times of pain. We can overcome any type of addiction. We can make it through ANY trial. But it is only in and through the atonement of Jesus Christ and by following his teachings. Strive to do better and be better. Look to improve upon your weaknesses. You will be happy as you do what is right and KEEP GOING!
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