I believe in Jesus Christ :)

I want to share a quick thought about Jesus Christ as my first blog entry.

Christ helps me move forward – through prayer, and faith, and repentance I can review the past and then move on. To me, this is the ultimate message behind the Atonement and the other teachings of Jesus Christ. I will release you from any baggage of your life -- sins, shame -- and you will be born again. I love a scripture from the Book of Mormon, in the Book of Mosiah 5: 7-8. It states, in pertinent part, "... [Y]our hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become his sons and his daughters. And under this head ye are made free, and there is no other head whereby ye can be made free. There is no other name given whereby salvation cometh; therefore, I would that ye should take upon you the name of Christ, all you that have entered in to the covenant with God that ye should be obedient unto the end of your lives."

I am born anew in Christ each time I repent, and I am FREE. Free to change the bad and move forward with the good. I believe the message of Jesus – that I am free to choose the good, free to emulate Him, his prophets, my parents/ancestors for the good things and place the bad things in life firmly behind me. I love Him for this and for the HOPE I feel in Him.

Here's a resource for anyone who wants to learn more about why I believe these things about Jesus and his message: www.lds.org :)