Easter
This is a great Easter video from the church!
I am glad that Easter always falls on a Sunday. Church was amazing today and I felt like I understood the true meaning better. Every year I hope to learn and grow more than the last! I am so grateful for my Savior and his sacrifice.
This is a great message from our Prophet in the 2012 April issue of the Liahona, this part really stuck out to me
for the full message http://www.lds.org/ensign/2012/04/he-is-risen-a-prophets-testimony?lang=eng&query=he+risen
"He is Risen"; A prophet's Testimony,
By President Thomas S. Monson
Life beyond Mortality
“I believe that none of us can conceive the full import of what Christ did for us in Gethsemane, but I am grateful every day of my life for His atoning sacrifice in our behalf.
“At
the last moment, He could have turned back. But He did not. He passed
beneath all things that He might save all things. In doing so, He gave
us life beyond this mortal existence. He reclaimed us from the Fall of
Adam.
“To
the depths of my very soul, I am grateful to Him. He taught us how to
live. He taught us how to die. He secured our salvation.”2
Dispelling the Darkness of Death
“In
certain situations, as in great suffering and illness, death comes as
an angel of mercy. But for the most part, we think of it as the enemy of
human happiness.
“The
darkness of death can ever be dispelled by the light of revealed truth.
‘I am the resurrection, and the life,’ spoke the Master. ‘He that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever
liveth and believeth in me shall never die.’
“This
reassurance—yes, even holy confirmation—of life beyond the grave could
well provide the peace promised by the Savior when He assured His
disciples: ‘Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the
world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither
let it be afraid.’”3
He Is Not Here
“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. We know, for we
have the light of revealed truth. …
“My
beloved brothers and sisters, in our hour of deepest sorrow, we can
receive profound peace from the words of the angel that first Easter
morning: ‘He is not here: for he is risen.’”4
All Will Live Again
“We laugh, we cry, we work, we play, we love, we live. And then we die. …
“And dead we would remain but for one Man and His mission, even Jesus of Nazareth. …
“With
all my heart and the fervency of my soul, I lift up my voice in
testimony as a special witness and declare that God does live. Jesus is
His Son, the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh. He is our
Redeemer; He is our Mediator with the Father. He it was who died on the
cross to atone for our sins. He became the firstfruits of the
Resurrection. Because He died, all shall live again.”5
