Elder Bruce C. Hafen
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Latter-day Saints have recently been teaching, singing and testifying more of the Savior Jesus Christ. "I rejoice that we are rejoicing more."
The fulness of the gospel will become more understandable to those who watch the church as the principles of faith and works are better defined. "The Lord restored his gospel through Joseph Smith, because there had been an apostasy." Ancient Christianity taught that the fall of Adam and Eve was a disaster, a mistake or an accident, rather than a "deliberate part of the Plan of Salvation." As spirit children of God, it was essential for humans to experience temptation and misery as the price to comprehend authentic joy.
Problems are part of experience. "If you have problems in your life, don't assume there is something wrong with you. Struggling with those problems is at the very core of life's purpose. As we grow close to God, he will show us our weaknesses and through them makes us wiser, stronger."
Progress consists both in weeding out negatives in life and in planting and nurturing flowers.
"Christ's Atonement is at the very core of this plan. Without his dear, dear sacrifice, there would be no way home, no way to be together, no way to be like him." The Savior rejoices when one of his children devotes himself wholeheartedly to the pursuit of eternal life. "Almost everything" is not enough. "We can have eternal life if we want it, but only if there is nothing else we want more."
