Elder Holland! Fantastic talk about coming unto christ!

 I had to write this for my religion class and i always like to save it somewhere for back up so i thought why not post it as a blog. hope you like it!

                Elder Holland gave an excellent talk about coming unto Christ and how that can impact your life. Whoever we are and wherever we are in our lives it is critical that we follow Christ because he will give us the way to return to our father in heaven. Elder Holland said “first and foremost of which is a personal spiritual relationship with deity, including the Savior, whose kingdom this is.” If we understand the savior then we will understand the type of life we need to be living in order to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

“I don't know what things may be troubling you personally tonight,” said elder Holland. “but, even knowing how terrific you are and how faithfully you are living, I would be surprised if someone somewhere weren't troubled by a transgression or the temptation of transgression. To you, wherever you may be, I say, Come unto him and lay down your burden. Let him lift the load. Let him give peace to your soul. Nothing in this world is more burdensome than sin. It is the heaviest cross men and women ever bear. And while I believe you to be the greatest generation of young adults ever to live in this Church, nevertheless the world around you is an increasingly hostile and sinful place. Occasionally that splashes onto us, and perhaps, in the case of a few of you, it may be nearly drowning you.”

Lay Down Your Burden, Is the first step of coming unto Christ. So many of us are in this world carrying our own burdens and wondering, how much longer will we suffer? It is up to us to lay our cares, troubles and trials at the feet of the lord and he will lift us and make our burden light again. “All he asks is that you walk away from the darkness and come into the light, his light, with meekness and lowliness of heart.” One of my favorite quotes from this talk is this. “For anyone out there seeking the courage to repent and change, I remind you that the Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.”

Peace to Our Souls, is the second step of coming unto Christ. Elder Holland put it this way, “Just because God is God, just because Christ is Christ, they cannot do other than care for us and bless us and help us if we will but come unto them, approaching their throne of grace in meekness and lowliness of heart. They can't help but bless us. They have to. It is their nature.” Because of God’s nature he wants to bless us, we should have peace for the things that are out of our control. Heavenly Father will comfort us and give us strength at times we need it most.

Heal One Another is in my opinion the biggest and hardest step to accomplish. The reason it is so hard sometimes is because we are asked to serve, and love all man not just the ones that are nice to us. Elder Holland put it this way, “one thing I would now ask from you tonight--healing, healing for others, healing for those you love and, yes, perhaps especially for those you don't. The people around us need a lot of help, and I think the Lord expects us to join in that effort.” I have heard many times that the lord blesses his children not through angels but through those who are already on the earth. If we do our best to be open and serve those who are around us we can bless other people’s lives. If we are humble and come unto Christ we are better able to become tools in his hands to help our fellow brothers and sisters here on the earth.

Christ Watches over Us. We can take comfort in the fact that we are always being watched over and cared for by our father in heaven and by Christ, and he always bacons us to come unto him. Through Christ we can have our burdens lightened and we can return to our father in heaven.  Though we may not think so sometimes we constantly need Christ in our lives to help us and guide us and through his glorious atonement we are able to repent and change our ways.