The Atonement

"The Atonement is fundamentally a doctrine of human development, not a doctrine that simply erases black marks. One who chooses Christ chooses to be changed.... The Atonement (is) the means whereby our hearts might be cleansed and our souls transformed and prepared to dwell with Christ and our Eternal Father.... The Atonement does more than fix the mistakes. It does more than balance the scales. It even does more than forgive sins. It rehabilitates, regenerates, renews, and transforms human nature. Christ makes us better, worlds better, than we would have been had there been no Fall." -Brad Wilcox (The continuous Atonement)

-I LOVE this quote. Its in a book I am now reading about the Atonement. This alone, proves that the only way we can heal-heal our hearts, our wounds, our mistakes, our sins, our sorrows-is by finding the Atonement and allowing it-through Christ our Savior- to heal us. To change us. To make us better. And make us who we need to be, and who we want to be.