I love how being on a mission changes the way that you look at everything. Holidays like Easter have never meant as much to me as it does now. I knew before that Easter is about Christ, but now I finally understand why it is so important to me personally. If it were not for Jesus Christ, there would be nothing. I want to share just a few things with you that the coming of Christ has done for you, whether you fully realize them now or not.
Imagine just for a few moments, the kind of person that you are right now. All of your flaws, imperfections, and faults. If it had not been for Jesus Christ, there would be no ability to overcome any of those things. You would not be able to change. I don't know about you, but I would not be content to just stay the same way that I am right now. Because of the atonement of Christ, you have the ability to repent and become better. Because he has already paid the price for our sins, mistakes, and faults, you are able to find merciful forgiveness and divine help to be the person God sees that you can be. He doesn't look at you in terms of now, but in terms of forever. Because of Him, you and I can be better tomorrow than we were today, and continue on the joyful road of progression.
You can conquer death. I echo the modern day prophet, Thomas S. Monson, in saying that,
"No words in Christendom mean more to me than those spoken by the angel to the weeping Mary Magdalene and the other Mary when, on the first day of the week, they approached the tomb to care for the body of their Lord. Spoke the angel: “Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen.” Our Savior lived again. The most glorious, comforting, and reassuring of all events of human history had taken place—the victory over death. The pain and agony of Gethsemane and Calvary had been wiped away. The salvation of mankind had been secured. The Fall of Adam had been reclaimed. The empty tomb that first Easter morning was the answer to Job’s question, “If a man die, shall he live again?” To all within the sound of my voice, I declare, If a man die, he shall live again."
(https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/04/he-is-risen?lang=eng&query=he+is+not+here)
Not only did Christ pay for your sins, but because He lives, all of us will live again. Death is not the end of anything. He was and is the literal Son of God, and because of the divine attributes he inherited from his Father, he could take his life back up again. He himself declared that,
"Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father."
(John 10: 17-18)
I testify of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the eventual resurrection of all that have and will ever live. Death is not a close, but an opening; it is a step closer to coming back to our true home in heaven. I bear witness that he is the Savior of the world and the Redeemer of mankind. Because of Him, endings are not our destiny. They never were! I have found such peace in knowing that Christ paved the way for each of us to return back to the presence of our Heavenly Father. I know that "in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us." (Romans 8: 37)
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