3.091 Filled with Mercy
Show Notes
Allen Roberds shares a poignant Easter reflection on the loss of his parents, exploring his personal belief in resurrection and the power of Jesus Christ. Drawing on Alma 7:12, he emphasizes how Christ's suffering enables Him to perfectly succor and comfort us in our deepest grief and challenges.
Key Points
- Host Allen Roberds reflects on his personal grief and the belief in resurrection during the Easter season following the loss of his parents.
- The episode explores Alma 7:12, which describes Jesus Christ's profound knowledge of human suffering.
- Jesus Christ endured suffering not only for redemption but to perfectly understand how to succor and comfort individuals in their times of need.
- Listeners are invited to find solace and a one-to-one connection with the Savior during periods of loss, sorrow, and challenge.
I testify that our Savior can do that at a level one-to-one like no other can.
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Full Transcript
In Matthew 5, Jesus calls us the salt of the earth and the light of the world, reminding us that our lives are meant to preserve, illuminate, and point others to Him. This season on Savory Salt, we'll walk through the Old Testament, one verse and one thought each day. Perhaps these moments will add greater savor and brighter light to our lives as we seek to truly live as Savory Salt.
Hello, my friends. It's a new day with new opportunities. Choose ye this day whom you will serve.
My friends, my life experiences have brought me an interesting reflective period inside of the week of Easter. I'd like to share that with you today as we dive into Savory Salt. Our focus is the Easter week here.
We're taking some Old Testament verses, some modern revelation and General Conference verses. Thank you for joining us. My parents have passed away, and they did so 400, about 400, days apart from each other a couple of years ago.
And Easter has brought an interesting time of introspect for me and reflection on my parents. It really has brought me to dive in to the idea and the belief of whether I absolutely believe in a resurrection. Can I really say to anyone walking down the street that I believe that I will see my parents again in true resurrected form?
And I can say that. I feel like I can say that actually, right? And yet, interestingly enough, is the pain of their loss is still there for me.
And there are days that are harder than others in reflecting on missing my parents. Sometimes it's just missing my dad. Sometimes it's missing my mom.
Verse 12, we get a view of Christ that I believe describes him in a way that I have felt and experienced through the passing of my parents. Verse 12 says this, "Sal alone knoweth He that he rebuketh his end." We can receive respite, maybe is the word. We can receive a release of the pain and the sorrow and the sufferings.
I used the quote from Elder Uchtdorf yesterday inside of there about all of the challenges, all the struggles that we going to face in mortality and how those will be swallowed up in Jesus Christ. My friends, this Easter season, if you're reflecting on those who have gone before you or those who perhaps are out of your life now, you've lost them to death or to other reasons, know that Jesus Christ suffered not just for the sake of suffering, but suffered that he would know perfectly how to help us, succor us, and lift us in time of need and challenge. And I testify that our Savior can do that at a level one-to-one like no other can.
That's all for today, my friends. You and I have come here for such a time as this. Step forward in faith and let's be savory salt. We'll be here tomorrow and we hope you
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