Forgiveness

Mission Statement

We must ever remember the continued patience and love our Heavenly Father has for us. It is so easy to be quick to judge or harbor mean feelings towards one another, this is not the way the Lord wants us to be. Forgiveness is a divine commandment that I, especially, need to continually work on. I know that I am not perfect and when I need and/or want to be forgiven, I know I must show the same mercy to those who are in need of mine. I am grateful for the love that our Heavenly family has for me and the continued forgiveness and mercy they show me. That he has the plan of forgiveness so that I may live with Him again.  

Roadblock to Progress

“Those of us who cannot forgive and forget break the bridges over which we must pass.”

Elder Marvin J Ashton 

April 1979 General Conference “Roadblocks to Progress”

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1979/04/roadblocks-to-progress?lang=eng

Balm of Gilead

“Forgiveness is powerful spiritual medicine. To extend forgiveness, that soothing balm, to those who have offended you is to heal. And, more difficult yet, when the need is there forgive yourself!”

Elder Boyd K. Packer

1987 October General Conference “Balm of Gilead”

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1987/10/balm-of-gilead?lang=eng

Teachings of the President

“At times we find little difficulties arising among us, and we forget the patience our Father in Heaven exercises towards us, and we magnify in our hearts some trivial thing that our brother or sister may have done or said concerning us. ... I feel that we have to learn a great deal in this regard.”

President George Albert Smith 

October 1905 General Conference

Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith 

https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-george-albert-smith/chapter-23?lang=eng

Repentance

“We cannot repent for someone else. But we can forgive someone else, refusing to hold hostage those whom the Lord seeks to set free!”

Elder Neil A. Maxwell 

1991 October General Conference “Repentance” 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1991/10/repentance?lang=eng

Some Have Compassion

“If we want the Lord and others to forgive our faults, we must be forgiving of others. Those who "come back" must not be judgmental, but must remember that none of us is perfect either.”

Elder Robert D. Hales

April 1987 General Conference “Some Have Compassion, Making a Difference”

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1987/04/some-have-compassion-making-a-difference?lang=eng

The Divine Gift of Repentance

“Whatever the cost of repentance, it is swallowed up in the joy of forgiveness.”

Elder D. Todd Christofferson 

October 2011 “The Divine Gift of Repentance” 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/10/the-divine-gift-of-repentance?lang=eng

Modern Pioneers

“One of the most Godlike expressions of the human soul is the act of forgiveness. ... Forgiveness is mortality's mirror image of the mercy of God.”

Dallin H. Oaks 

1989 October General Conference “Modern Pioneers”

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1989/10/modern-pioneers?lang=eng

Continue in Patience

“Never give up on anyone. And that includes not giving up on yourself.”

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf 

2010 April General Conference “Continue in Patience”

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/04/continue-in-patience?lang=eng

Come Boldly

“There is no problem which you cannot overcome. There is no dream that in the unfolding of time and eternity cannot yet be realized. Even if you feel you are the lost and last laborer of the eleventh hour, the Lord of the vineyard still stands beckoning. 'Come boldly [to] the throne of grace,' and fall at the feet of the Holy One of Israel. Come and feast 'without money and without price' at the table of the Lord.”

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland 

2012 April General Conference “The Laborers in the Vineyard”

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/04/the-laborers-in-the-vineyard?lang=eng

The Merciful Obtain Mercy

“Forgiving ourselves and others is not easy. In fact, for most of us it requires a major change in our attitude and way of thinking—even a change of heart. But there is good news. This “mighty change” of heart is exactly what the gospel of Jesus Christ is designed to bring into our lives.”

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf 

2012 April General Conference “The Merciful Obtain Mercy”

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/04/the-merciful-obtain-mercy?lang=eng