Diggin' Up Old Garbage
I was reviewing a journal entry from October conference 2006 and remembered the talk given by Elder Shane Boen. Do you remember it? He described the city of Idaho Falls and the fact that beautiful parks and a useful airport are all built on top of a former sanitary landfill.
Then he posed the question-why would anyone want to dig up old garbage? Their's or anybody else's? Why destroy something new and beautifully built?
And yet we do that when we make a habit of revisiting past wrongs--ours and others.
When we repent and begin rebuilding our lives, the Lord blots out our sins. The process cleans, reclaims, and sanctifies. No crime exempt. Gods forgiveness is a miracle.
As we move forward in faith to rebuild our lives, don't look back, don't dig up old garbage. Build something beautiful and let others do the same.
Comment
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Comment by Nelda Asay on July 19, 2011 at 4:07pm -
What a wonderful thought - I really needed to read this and apply it in my life. Thank you!
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Comment by Maryjoy Bano-Bello on March 11, 2011 at 2:19am
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That's right! I keep on reminding myself, my husband and my kids about this that we need to move forward and be like Jesus in every way, little by little perfecting ourselves so we will be ready to face the Heavenly Father.
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