This week I have been wanting to write about Christ and what he means to me. I have struggled to put into words my feelings and testimony. How to describe something so sacred and powerful? Then I came across these two images and it really hit home to me. The agony and sorrow he went through in Gethsemane is pouring out of the first one. The way the angel encircles Him and Christ's face and body say everything. When I look at this picture it reminds me of the sorrow and pain we feel in our lives. I can't count how many times I have knelt on my knees and poured out my feeling to Him. Laying every inch of me out and allowing him to comfort me. This picture is why he understands, why He can help like no other. He went through it, He knows.
Life is hard. Pain is real.
That will never go away. But the beautiful message Christ's Atonement brings is that we can be strong, we can survive and we can even find joy and peace along the way. The writer who introduced these pictures to me pointed out the stark difference between these two images. The pain and sorrow in the first and then the brightness and glory in the second. She points out how the glorious painting comes after the dark one. Isn't that how life always is? Whether it be in small ways like how a child's laughter can erase all the frustrations and tears after a long day, how a long exhausting labor will be followed by a perfect tiny baby or how many pleading prayers can be answered by a silent act of service? The light will shine! It might seem like we are walking in darkness for a really long time, but the light will come!His invitation is for us all: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
I know Christ is real.
I know he died for every single one of us so that we can repent and start again daily.
I know that no mistake is too deep, no trial to hard; He can heal us all.
I know His love for us is unconditional and His arms are ever stretched for us.
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