We can do things that seem impossible when God helps us

There are things in our lives that we can change. There are things in our lives that we cannot. Sometimes the things we cannot change seem to overwhelm us, and take our entire lives focus away from everything else. These are often weaknesses that we have that lead us away from our Heavenly Father.

I have been feeling some interesting things about weakness lately. I have some things that I am struggling to overcome (as we all do), and recently I started feeling something different that I never had before. We try so hard to change ourselves, yet we are weak, short sighted, and cannot see the end from the beginning. God can. He knows why we are in the state we are in, who we are, and ultimately, what our true destiny is. He sees us as we really are, not mortal beings, but immortal Gods and Goddesses in embryo, if we but make the right decisions.

I was praying about one of my weaknesses recently, and I felt something strange that I hadn't ever considered deeply. I felt that I needed to stop fighting, stop struggling, stop trying to fix it on my own. Only God has the power to truly heal, to remove weakness, and to eliminate sin. All of my efforts have done nothing but make it worse. This does not excuse us from judgement, it does not mean we can sin blissfully and expect to be saved. I am not sure what it means, but I feel strongly that it is right. I feel that by fighting on my own, I am doing nothing more than amplifying the problem, focusing on it too much, and ignoring the simplicity of the solution.

I testify that God loves us. He wants to help us, if we only will ask. I promise that there are no depths of sin beyond the reach of the Atonement. God can and will heal you if you turn to Him. I say this in the name of Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the world; Amen.