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Go forth and conquer quote1/23/2024 ![]() See? You can tell they are just right when the flesh falls off the bone. Heh! Every moment you delay, you die a little bit more! Now, watch your men pay for your mistake!Īaah, that's right, sit back and relax. You have brought this on yourself, General. Oooh, you're going to like this, General. Like acid rain, we descend upon your base, General. It is so hard to find a doctor these days who will make house calls. Here we come, General, like a chemical spill. Heh-he, how long can you hold your breath? ![]() Consider this quote from Elder Jeffrey R.One taske, and you'll never go back, even if you WANTED to! ![]() He is inviting us to come to Him and receive the blessings of His Atonement. We can have confidence in our Savior, Jesus Christ. I love what the Lord says in Joshua 1:9: “Be strong and of a good courage be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” He will be by our side while we learn and walk forward. This life is all about overcoming, but we are not overcoming alone. With Satan trying hard to separate us from Jesus Christ, His light, and His Atonement, it is important to keep our focus on the Savior so that when the doubts come flooding in, we can have the strength to overcome them. We learn how fear came over Moses momentarily however, the moment he turned to God, he received strength. We learn, though, that immediately after God departed from Moses, Satan appeared to him, trying to take that light and joy from him. I can only imagine the light and joy Moses felt during this incredible experience. God taught Moses that he is a son of God-He calls him that three times! He shows him the world and everyone in it. Moses saw God face to face and talked with Him. The contrast of light and dark reminds me of the experience Moses had in Moses 1. I have often thought about the experience I had while painting Atonement. ![]() I felt the Spirit close to me that night, reassuring me that this was a good thing and that people would draw closer to Christ because of it. Watching people’s reactions to this painting and hearing how it made them feel surprised me, and that feeling I had experienced in my studio while I was painting returned. When the night of the show came, Atonement was the first painting people walked up to and the first one they asked about. I knew that even though I was nervous, I needed to step above that fear and put the painting in a place where people could see it. I had all of the other paintings framed and ready to go when I received a clear thought to include Atonement. As the day of the art show grew closer, the image of Christ kneeling at that rock looking up to heaven kept coming into my mind, and I would go back and forth from “Yes, I’ll put this painting in the show” to “No, I’ll leave it out.”įinally, the week of the art show arrived. I had desired to paint something that would represent this pivotal moment in all eternity, but fear took over. I hate to admit it, but I listened to those fears, and I found a place where I could hide the painting. The words “This is not a good painting, and no one will like it” came to my mind, and all of the fears and insecurities I had been fighting to conquer for so long were suddenly front and center. The Spirit was so strong as I painted, and I thought, “I will never lose this feeling.” Immediately after I finished the painting, however, I was overcome with shame and embarrassment. I was overwhelmed with gratitude for Him, for His courage and love for each of us. The thought “Christ did this for me” came into my mind over and over. As I was painting this central moment in God’s plan, I felt so close to Jesus. ![]()
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