I love the Savior so much. His entire ministry was nonjudgmental and loving to everyone. He not only loved the sinner He considered them lost and searched for them. He told the disciples to to go teach but not to visit the Gentiles and Samaritans, but go where the people needed them the most, seek the lost. "But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." (Matthew 10:6)
At the age of eighteen after a loss of a very good friend I returned to church to try to more fully understand life after death. I was surprised at how much more I would find and discover not just about the gospel but about myself.Coming back after years of inactivity is humbling and difficult."They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick."(Matthew 9:12) I am thankful for the members that saw me as a daughter of God. A lost sheep that needed the Savior's atonement. There were times I felt inadequate and like I didn't belong but there was always someone there to remind me that I was not alone in my afflictions and that because of Jesus Christ I did belong.
It is a difficult path back to the fold. I remember having to say goodbye to many of my close friends because they weren't ready to accept the changes I was making in my life. I thank Heavenly Father for giving me new good friends that cared for me and loved me. My friends outside of the church really only cared about what I would do with them that night and how much fun we would have that weekend. My new friends inside the church cared for me eternally, the difference was magnificent and made me feel so good. I now love all sorts of people eternally, I am so thankful for God and caring enough for me to have brothers and sisters in his church love me and help me to heal. Mostly, I am thankful that He sent His Son to pay for my sins.
Everyone inside and outside of God's church are sick, they need people to love them back into the fold.
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