Repentance - A cleansing process

"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us" (1 John 1:8-10) These verse got my attention as I studies the assigned reading. It's really easy to understand if we truly love and trust ourselves. I mean, we might think we're deceiving others, including our Father in Heaven by acting out as hypocrites, pretending nothing is wrong, but we're actually deceiving ourselves at the same time. It reminds me of a saying, "we should learn to love ourselves first before we love any other" This means, it takes everything about yourself to pursue a goal and a righteous decision. No matter what others say, maybe pointing fingers and judging with their own self-righteous verdicts, we should remember we're doing the best for ourselves, by repenting and get reborn again. This also pours more blessings and it should be a main target while we start the process, knowing that our Father in Heaven is aware of everything, especially the sincere desires of our hearts, whether we're truly willing to repent or not.

Companionship of the Holy Ghost

"For behold, the spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God" - Moroni 7:16
What a blessing to receive such gift! Sometimes, we might say living in the gospel is hard and complicated but when I read this verse, I know that it would be the other way around. Instead, not living in the gospel will be harder and more complicated than we thought. I also think that according to this verse, it shouldn't be an excuse for us while we stand in front of our Heavenly Father on the judgment day, for doing wrong and committing sins, because we were given the privilege to receive the spirit of Christ, which should be the center of all choices. We are not expected to be perfect, and even if we're not, our desires of our hearts, whether we wanted to do good or evil, can be seen by God. I and you should be careful and we should be thankful we have such endless gift, to choose and do right from evil :)