Grace

What is Grace?

I am not referring to any woman named Grace, let's just get that out of the way.  Today, I have learned a lot about what Grace is. Grace is the intimate relationship with have with our Savior, Jesus Christ. It is how we have access to His loving Atonement, and how we are able to become more like our Savior.

I attended BYU Women's Conference today with  my mother.  We attended a total of 5 seminars. We truly have been spiritually enriched.  We laughed, we cried, and as all of this was happening, my eyes were opened to my current situation in life.

One year ago, I was miserable. I thought no one could ever love me.  I thought I was broken, damaged goods, and how could anyone love a woman who didn't even know who she was.  Over the last year, I have leaned and relied on my Savior, and began to learn who I am, and that I do love the person that I am. How was I able to make such a shift in my life in just one year?

There have been many instances in the last year that I was able to experience that taught me that I was a lovable, fun, beautiful person. Serving others through my callings and through other means has really helped me stay close to my Savior, and to get to know Him as well as myself. I made friends, and lost them, and I have really truly enjoyed the last year.  Yes, it was hard, but I had hope that I would have the future that I so longed for.

Fast Forward to today.  I now have hindsight over the last year of my life, and I know that I have a testimony of the Grace of Jesus Christ, and His Atonement, because I have done the work.  I need to do everything I can to become like the Savior before His Grace can fill in the blanks.  In a lot of Christian religions, they just believe that they can mostly, do whatever they want, and if they claim Jesus as thier Savior, Grace will do the rest.  I believe that isn't true.  I believe that we need to obey the commandments and laws of God, and do everything we can to be loving, righteous disciples, before grace can fill in the blanks.

I am not perfect, and I will never claim to be.  I have made my mistakes in life, and I have accepted my part in each and every one of them.  I have repented, I have done everything I can to be a righteous servant of the Lord, despite those things. I am now worthy to enter the temple to do His work, and to learn more of Him.

I am grateful for the grace that Heavenly Father has provided for us, because he loves us. I am sure that I still do not have a full understanding of grace, but it is getting better, and growing more. I am excited for another day of study themed around grace. I hope to glean more information, so that I can continue to have a better understanding.

I also hope that this post gives someone some insight. I am going to leave you with a song I heard today, sung by Beyond 5

All my love,

Shae