Post by alan4jc on Nov 11, 2007 0:29:42 GMT -5
Dear friends following is a letter from a Mormon woman to her Christian sister. Although we do not know her name we can lift her before the Lord and rejoice together in what the Lord has done for her.
"I feel urged to write you to admit to you a great lie alot of members
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints believe, myself
included. I believed I needed to perfect myself with my works. I
have been consumed for as long as I can remember with perfectionism.
I needed to do everything I possibly could before I could ask the Lord
for help. I spent my life in a frantic state seeking perfection. I
was miserable and deeply depressed because I couldn't perfect myself.
I would be very angry at God for not allowing me to be perfect -
especially since I felt He commanded it. I never realized until now
how great my sins and wickedness were in believing this lie.
There is a scripture in 2 Nephi 25:23 which states"...for we know that
it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do." I wrote in
the margin " do everything you can - the Lord will do the rest." My
heart sinks when I read those words in my own handwriting. I wrote my
lie - the great lie I have believed - that I could save myself (except
what ever little part Jesus would play in my salvation). Oh I want to
cry because of my blindness and my hard heartedness.
I have been awakened to the truth that all I can do is repent - humble
myself and give my will to God. That is all I can do and it is all He
requires of me. This truth has set me free."
"I feel urged to write you to admit to you a great lie alot of members
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints believe, myself
included. I believed I needed to perfect myself with my works. I
have been consumed for as long as I can remember with perfectionism.
I needed to do everything I possibly could before I could ask the Lord
for help. I spent my life in a frantic state seeking perfection. I
was miserable and deeply depressed because I couldn't perfect myself.
I would be very angry at God for not allowing me to be perfect -
especially since I felt He commanded it. I never realized until now
how great my sins and wickedness were in believing this lie.
There is a scripture in 2 Nephi 25:23 which states"...for we know that
it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do." I wrote in
the margin " do everything you can - the Lord will do the rest." My
heart sinks when I read those words in my own handwriting. I wrote my
lie - the great lie I have believed - that I could save myself (except
what ever little part Jesus would play in my salvation). Oh I want to
cry because of my blindness and my hard heartedness.
I have been awakened to the truth that all I can do is repent - humble
myself and give my will to God. That is all I can do and it is all He
requires of me. This truth has set me free."