I believe we can educate our hearts to desire good things, for as I study the scriptures the pure and precious truths of the gospel gradually extend from my brain to my heart, causing my whole soul to delight in the things of God; for it is only in the heart that we can truly understand spiritual things.
Being subject to weakness I know how it feels to live contrary to the nature of happiness and to taste the emptiness that comes of spiritual separation from my Father in Heaven. But I have also experienced the exquisite joy that comes from His spirit, illuminating my soul with a purifying light and causing me to hunger and thirst for righteousness. Suddenly life has purpose and I am filled with compassion for others and blessed with a hope that frees me from fear and discouragement. I begin to understand what it means to become a new creature in Christ as my very desires are changed.
Gratefully, I am a child of God. I love my Heavenly Father.
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