WEBVTT 00:00:07.469 --> 00:00:09.630 Welcome to Closer to Christ, the General Conference, 00:00:09.869 --> 00:00:12.070 where two friends who love Jesus share our own 00:00:12.070 --> 00:00:13.970 approach to studying the most recent General 00:00:13.970 --> 00:00:16.890 Conference talks. This is Abby and Amy. Let's 00:00:16.890 --> 00:00:27.289 jump into it. We're diving into Elder Garrett 00:00:27.289 --> 00:00:30.070 W. Gong's beautiful conference message, Eternity's 00:00:30.070 --> 00:00:32.549 Great Gifts, Jesus Christ's Atonement. Resurrection, 00:00:32.670 --> 00:00:35.289 restoration. Elder Gong reminds us that through 00:00:35.289 --> 00:00:37.670 Jesus Christ, Easter brings us three gifts that 00:00:37.670 --> 00:00:41.130 are enduringly real and joyful, happy and forever. 00:00:41.570 --> 00:00:44.329 Those are peace, becoming and belonging. I feel 00:00:44.329 --> 00:00:46.850 like he did such a great job of this talk and 00:00:46.850 --> 00:00:48.869 I've already listened to it like multiple times. 00:00:49.329 --> 00:00:51.649 Such a good one. I think it's one I'm going to 00:00:51.649 --> 00:00:54.329 want to go back to again and again for Easter 00:00:54.329 --> 00:00:56.409 because like the things that he brought to my 00:00:56.409 --> 00:00:59.689 heart when I read it, I was like. He did a great 00:00:59.689 --> 00:01:03.310 job summarizing a lot of important things. His 00:01:03.310 --> 00:01:05.489 opening, he loves to tell little jokes. I know 00:01:05.489 --> 00:01:09.090 he does. So he does another joke here. And he 00:01:09.090 --> 00:01:11.189 says, as a youth, when asked to memorize scripture 00:01:11.189 --> 00:01:13.290 passages, he chose one that was the shortest. 00:01:13.329 --> 00:01:17.209 It was John 11, 35, which is Jesus slept. And 00:01:17.209 --> 00:01:19.469 then right after, we all know that he's just 00:01:19.469 --> 00:01:21.629 being funny. But immediately after, he testifies 00:01:21.629 --> 00:01:24.670 that with more years of time, more years of study, 00:01:24.769 --> 00:01:27.230 that that passage has come to mean so much more 00:01:27.230 --> 00:01:29.430 to him. It's taught a profound truth. He said, 00:01:29.489 --> 00:01:32.370 for me now that Jesus weeps in sorrow and joy 00:01:32.370 --> 00:01:35.049 testifies of the miraculous reality. This divine 00:01:35.049 --> 00:01:37.750 son of God came into physical mortality and learned 00:01:37.750 --> 00:01:40.450 according to the flesh how always to be with 00:01:40.450 --> 00:01:44.329 and bless us. So good. Then he also goes on and 00:01:44.329 --> 00:01:46.650 he shares several moments where Jesus wept. He 00:01:46.650 --> 00:01:49.810 talks about at Lazarus's tomb. We sort of touched 00:01:49.810 --> 00:01:53.189 on that last week. Over Jerusalem, he wept while 00:01:53.189 --> 00:01:55.090 blessing little children in the Book of Mormon 00:01:55.090 --> 00:01:58.590 lands. And his tears reveal something powerful. 00:01:58.870 --> 00:02:01.810 The divine Son of God didn't just teach us how 00:02:01.810 --> 00:02:04.359 to live. He chose to... to feel what we feel, 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:07.540 to understand joy and sorrow perfectly. It's 00:02:07.540 --> 00:02:09.759 true, he didn't have to do that, right? He was 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:12.379 moments away from raising Lazarus from the grave, 00:02:12.539 --> 00:02:15.219 and he still took the time to mourn with his 00:02:15.219 --> 00:02:18.240 friends over their loss. They were sorrowing 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:20.740 for the loss of the memories and their experiences 00:02:20.740 --> 00:02:23.759 that would have been, but never would. He let 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:26.000 them mourn. He gave them the experience of what 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:28.759 it feels like to have loss. And then they gained 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:30.639 the experience of saying, why didn't you get 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:32.460 here sooner? Things would have been so much different 00:02:32.460 --> 00:02:34.900 if you'd been here. And in the next moment, he 00:02:34.900 --> 00:02:37.580 showed us all that these experiences are for 00:02:37.580 --> 00:02:40.340 our growth. Sorrow is just as important as joy 00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:42.539 when considering the things we came to earth 00:02:42.539 --> 00:02:44.840 to learn. What do these tears teach us about 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:47.180 his love and understanding of our personal joys 00:02:47.180 --> 00:02:50.500 and sorrows? When tears flow, we sometimes apologize. 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:52.780 Embarrassed is what he says in the talk. But 00:02:52.780 --> 00:02:54.639 knowing that Jesus Christ understands life's 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:56.379 pains and joys can give us strength beyond our 00:02:56.379 --> 00:02:58.860 own as we navigate bitter and sweet. He didn't 00:02:58.860 --> 00:03:00.900 immediately take the pain of their brother's 00:03:00.900 --> 00:03:03.020 death from them. He let them feel that pain, 00:03:03.099 --> 00:03:05.939 and he felt that pain. And then he raised Lazarus 00:03:05.939 --> 00:03:08.180 from the dead. Can you just feel the joy that 00:03:08.180 --> 00:03:10.280 these sisters would have had and others? that 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:11.819 we're around as they witnessed the power of God 00:03:11.819 --> 00:03:13.939 to raise someone from the dead. Amazing, right? 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:16.819 Yeah. And then it's Lazarus in this moment, but 00:03:16.819 --> 00:03:18.860 it signals to the world that this is a possibility, 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:21.740 that the death isn't the end and that he does 00:03:21.740 --> 00:03:24.419 have the power to, the power is there that we 00:03:24.419 --> 00:03:27.979 can be raised again. So when we lose our own 00:03:27.979 --> 00:03:30.379 loved ones, like in 2025, when we lose friends, 00:03:30.419 --> 00:03:32.439 when we lose loved ones, we have that same promise 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:35.810 because we've seen him do it before. So let the 00:03:35.810 --> 00:03:37.949 tears flow and know that they will be replaced 00:03:37.949 --> 00:03:39.930 with tears of joy because Jesus Christ did fulfill 00:03:39.930 --> 00:03:42.030 his covenant and he will have all power over 00:03:42.030 --> 00:03:45.229 the grave because of him. Maybe you could share 00:03:45.229 --> 00:03:47.229 with us a time when you felt Christ's presence 00:03:47.229 --> 00:03:49.930 most deeply in your own grief or happiness. Yeah, 00:03:49.969 --> 00:03:53.590 so mine was in my grief and despair and it was 00:03:53.590 --> 00:03:56.569 on my mission. It was the first time that in 00:03:56.569 --> 00:03:59.710 my adult life that I remember feeling Jesus like. 00:04:00.139 --> 00:04:02.919 Jesus Christ personally with me. Before I had 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:06.240 felt the Spirit, before I'd had, you know, different 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:09.659 circumstances and experiences, but I was a missionary 00:04:09.659 --> 00:04:13.680 and I had a major surgery on my mission. So I 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:15.639 was in a different country. They spoke a different 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:17.980 language. I'd only been there for like two months, 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:19.920 so I didn't really know even what they were saying. 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:22.000 I had to kind of translate it in my mind. It 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:24.959 was a very sad time. And I woke up and I remember 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:27.920 thinking, I felt like I got hit by a tractor, 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:29.839 like run over by one because it was abdominal 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:33.000 surgery and all this stuff. And I remember thinking, 00:04:33.100 --> 00:04:35.980 if I can make it through tonight, then I'm going 00:04:35.980 --> 00:04:38.060 to live because I really thought I was going 00:04:38.060 --> 00:04:40.519 to die. And I was also alone. Like it was the 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:42.720 first time I'd ever been absolutely alone. No 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:45.339 companion, no nobody, someone moaning in the 00:04:45.339 --> 00:04:47.800 bed next to me with a curtain or whatever. And 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:50.819 I just like prayed all night long. I couldn't 00:04:50.819 --> 00:04:53.480 sleep at all. And I remember like through the 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:57.879 wee, through the wee like hours of the morning 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:05.019 that i just felt very um comforted and like jesus 00:05:05.019 --> 00:05:08.199 christ himself was keenly aware of me and that 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:11.579 like humbled me to tears and i after i kind of 00:05:11.899 --> 00:05:14.519 caught hold of that thought, you could say. I 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:16.259 was able to make it. I remember looking out the 00:05:16.259 --> 00:05:17.980 window and the sun came up and I was like, all 00:05:17.980 --> 00:05:19.839 right, I'm going to make it. But I just, I really 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:22.120 do feel like it was the first time in my life 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:24.759 that I was utterly alone on earth. So it made 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:28.420 it very possible for me to reach out to Jesus 00:05:28.420 --> 00:05:31.060 Christ and know that it was Him that pulled me 00:05:31.060 --> 00:05:34.920 through. Excellent. Maybe an action item to consider 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:37.660 from that list that you read of different times 00:05:37.660 --> 00:05:39.379 that we have recorded in scripture of where Jesus 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:43.259 did weep. As we're studying the scriptures, we 00:05:43.259 --> 00:05:45.019 can reflect on what this reveals about his love 00:05:45.019 --> 00:05:50.199 for us, how he can understand our weeping in 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:53.699 the happy moments, in the sad moments. And I 00:05:53.699 --> 00:05:55.420 don't know. I just think it shows another layer, 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:58.060 a depth to the love that he has for us. I like 00:05:58.060 --> 00:06:00.160 that, Abby. Elder Gong also teaches that Easter 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:02.279 isn't just about the past. It's about what can 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.009 yet be. Christ's atonement and resurrection doesn't 00:06:05.009 --> 00:06:06.689 just return what we've lost. They restore us 00:06:06.689 --> 00:06:09.129 and help us become something greater. The restoration 00:06:09.129 --> 00:06:11.589 of the gospel brought priesthood keys and covenants 00:06:11.589 --> 00:06:13.790 that can heal families, mend regrets, and unite 00:06:13.790 --> 00:06:16.930 generations across time. His life experiences 00:06:16.930 --> 00:06:22.889 have taken him across the world, and he's been 00:06:22.889 --> 00:06:26.730 part of people's stories. He's met. He's met 00:06:26.730 --> 00:06:29.029 people in every land and place, let's say. And 00:06:29.029 --> 00:06:30.910 the section of the talk that he goes into next 00:06:30.910 --> 00:06:32.930 is kind of a recap of some of those years of 00:06:32.930 --> 00:06:35.310 sorrow and joy that he has been able to hear 00:06:35.310 --> 00:06:37.629 from members, what their experiences have been 00:06:37.629 --> 00:06:41.930 as he's talked to them. And for him in this message 00:06:41.930 --> 00:06:44.589 about how Easter with Jesus Christ helps us mend 00:06:44.589 --> 00:06:46.709 and reconcile and make right our relationships 00:06:46.709 --> 00:06:50.170 on both sides of the veil. He says Jesus can 00:06:50.170 --> 00:06:52.209 heal grief. He can enable forgiveness. He can 00:06:52.209 --> 00:06:55.579 free us and others from things. we or they have 00:06:55.579 --> 00:06:57.680 said or done that otherwise bind us captive. 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:02.259 I like that mental picture. How can the restoration 00:07:02.259 --> 00:07:05.079 help heal regrets or strained relationships in 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:08.720 our lives? Did you remember the little examples 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:10.639 that he gave just time after time of things that 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:12.759 people were carrying with them so long? And so 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:14.819 I have a lot of thoughts when you mentioned that 00:07:14.819 --> 00:07:18.529 question. Let me just... Sure. A couple I can 00:07:18.529 --> 00:07:21.089 think of. Sometimes relationships, they're too 00:07:21.089 --> 00:07:23.209 important to let go, meaning that we know that 00:07:23.209 --> 00:07:25.290 they're eternal relationships. And because we 00:07:25.290 --> 00:07:27.790 know that because of the restoration of the gospel 00:07:27.790 --> 00:07:29.769 of Jesus Christ, I think we view those relationships 00:07:29.769 --> 00:07:32.290 with the lens that you're not trying to intentionally 00:07:32.290 --> 00:07:35.189 damage them. You're trying your hardest to preserve 00:07:35.189 --> 00:07:37.649 them. But I've also learned from my Savior's 00:07:37.649 --> 00:07:39.990 example that even those who hurt you the most, 00:07:40.009 --> 00:07:43.050 they're in the greatest need of forgiveness, 00:07:43.290 --> 00:07:46.350 of Father's forgiveness. Like when He's on the 00:07:46.350 --> 00:07:48.930 cross, He says just before His death, one of 00:07:48.930 --> 00:07:51.370 His last requests, Father, forgive them for they 00:07:51.370 --> 00:07:53.389 know not what they do. And does that mean that 00:07:53.389 --> 00:07:55.269 you let offenders tear you down time after time? 00:07:55.389 --> 00:08:01.009 No. But holding on to ill -feeling towards people 00:08:01.009 --> 00:08:04.009 that do try to hurt us, I think prevents us from 00:08:04.009 --> 00:08:06.319 feeling the greater joy that comes. As we heal 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.939 those wounds and we set those offenses aside. 00:08:09.459 --> 00:08:14.579 Agreed. And I don't know. I think you get a bad 00:08:14.579 --> 00:08:16.740 rap for it. When somebody hurts you and you forgive 00:08:16.740 --> 00:08:19.779 them, that it's like you're not standing up for 00:08:19.779 --> 00:08:22.060 yourself, like it's a bad thing. But it doesn't 00:08:22.060 --> 00:08:24.240 necessarily mean that the relationship is totally 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:25.800 restored. It means that you're forgiving them 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:27.680 for the things that they're doing. That there 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:29.740 is no more bitterness in your heart. Right. That 00:08:29.740 --> 00:08:32.320 is all. I guess the way to judge if you're at 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:34.220 that point is that if you want what's best for 00:08:34.220 --> 00:08:37.980 them. Even if that friendship is severed or whatever, 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:39.419 that you still want the best for them. You're 00:08:39.419 --> 00:08:43.100 thinking the best things for them. You know, 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:45.019 maybe they continue to hurt and offend you, but 00:08:45.019 --> 00:08:48.440 it's just another opportunity to be as the Savior 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:50.639 would. Turn the other cheek and again, hope for 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:52.919 the best for the way things are going for them. 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:55.220 We don't have the right to take away their agency, 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:56.960 so we can't really choose how they're reacting 00:08:56.960 --> 00:08:58.860 in the situation. So sometimes the healing feels 00:08:58.860 --> 00:09:02.299 one -sided in those scenarios. Definitely happens 00:09:02.299 --> 00:09:05.000 at different paces, right? I love this part of 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:07.700 the talk, Gabby. This is a direct quote. Jesus 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:09.940 Christ atonement also restores us spiritually. 00:09:10.179 --> 00:09:12.539 He bled from every poor weeping blood, as it 00:09:12.539 --> 00:09:15.879 were, to provide us escape from sin and separation. 00:09:16.419 --> 00:09:19.820 He reunites us whole and holy with each other 00:09:19.820 --> 00:09:22.559 and with God. In all good things, Jesus Christ 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:25.679 restores abundantly, not only what was, but what 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:29.580 also can be. What does it mean to you that God 00:09:29.580 --> 00:09:32.840 not only restores what was lost, but also what 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:35.460 can yet be. I really like how he asked this question. 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:39.240 I really like how it's both of them. Yeah, I 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:43.340 agree. Not or. No, that's great. I think it's 00:09:43.340 --> 00:09:45.259 very fitting, like when we were just talking 00:09:45.259 --> 00:09:46.899 about the strained relationships or like trying 00:09:46.899 --> 00:09:49.120 to repair some of these things that have happened 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:51.539 once we've done all that we can. And you kind 00:09:51.539 --> 00:09:53.460 of just have to turn the rest over to the Savior, 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:56.480 maybe on the other side of the veil, even with 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:58.620 all the details when they come to light. And, 00:09:58.740 --> 00:10:01.580 you know, both sides of the scenario can see 00:10:01.580 --> 00:10:03.519 the situation without prejudice. You can kind 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:06.409 of see to the heart of the matter. maybe where 00:10:06.409 --> 00:10:07.889 things weren't resolved here, they can be in 00:10:07.889 --> 00:10:10.149 the next life. And I'll say when you attempt 00:10:10.149 --> 00:10:12.250 to repair a relationship and it does feel one 00:10:12.250 --> 00:10:16.809 -sided, that it's amazing that you can rely on 00:10:16.809 --> 00:10:18.470 the peace that comes as you heal spiritually 00:10:18.470 --> 00:10:21.190 from something that's kind of a physical problem. 00:10:21.350 --> 00:10:24.049 A physical relationship, it's not healed. You 00:10:24.049 --> 00:10:26.110 can find that spiritual healing and in that way, 00:10:26.129 --> 00:10:31.629 that way it feels like it's healed. Is that making 00:10:31.629 --> 00:10:34.840 any sense? I have to say yes. I have experienced 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:37.279 very similar things, so I can testify that navigating 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:40.639 difficult relationships and restoring what was 00:10:40.639 --> 00:10:42.399 where you can and leaving into the possibility 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:45.220 of what can be in the future, even the eternities, 00:10:45.220 --> 00:10:47.600 brings a peace that surpasses understanding. 00:10:48.740 --> 00:10:51.360 All I can say is that it's a promise the Savior 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:53.820 has made, and it is one that has blessed me in 00:10:53.820 --> 00:10:55.820 my own life. So a final point of this profound 00:10:55.820 --> 00:10:57.980 message, and I have to say, Abby, I listened 00:10:57.980 --> 00:11:00.740 to this while I was making dinner, and I definitely 00:11:00.740 --> 00:11:03.159 stopped and rewound a few things and was like, 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:06.799 that was so profound. It really hit me. And this 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:09.399 is something that I'm going to share. Elder Gong 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:12.940 shares that... It is the Savior that frees us 00:11:12.940 --> 00:11:14.679 from the world's constant messages that we're 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:16.740 not enough, not spiritual enough, not successful 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:20.419 enough, not worthy enough. Through His grace, 00:11:20.500 --> 00:11:23.240 we can escape perfectionism and instead discover 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:26.799 peace and belonging. And then here's a question 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:28.740 that, you know, each of us can ask ourselves. 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:31.379 How can truly accepting Christ's atonement help 00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:34.299 us feel peace rather than constant pressure to 00:11:34.299 --> 00:11:40.129 be perfect? God's plan of mortal... Agency or 00:11:40.129 --> 00:11:42.870 mortality allows us to learn by experience. And 00:11:42.870 --> 00:11:44.929 some of our greatest lessons come from things 00:11:44.929 --> 00:11:47.529 that we would never choose to happen to us, right? 00:11:48.690 --> 00:11:51.889 Jesus descended below and ascended above all 00:11:51.889 --> 00:11:53.950 things. He rejoices in our divine capacities 00:11:53.950 --> 00:11:56.210 for creativity and delight, kindness without 00:11:56.210 --> 00:11:59.129 hope for reward, faith under repentance and forgiveness. 00:11:59.330 --> 00:12:01.789 And he weeps in sorrow at the enormity of human 00:12:01.789 --> 00:12:04.149 suffering, cruelty, unfairness, often brought 00:12:04.149 --> 00:12:06.629 by human choice, as do the heavens and God of 00:12:06.629 --> 00:12:09.539 heaven with them. Elder Gong said this, when 00:12:09.539 --> 00:12:11.620 we understand this about his nature, we learn 00:12:11.620 --> 00:12:14.399 that we don't have to be perfect because he was 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:16.480 perfect for us. And we're inclined to rely on 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:18.879 him more when we don't have the strength and 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:21.179 ability to do something on our own. Like that 00:12:21.179 --> 00:12:23.600 feeling and emotions you felt like in your hospital 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:27.419 bed by yourself. We tend to turn to him more 00:12:27.419 --> 00:12:30.210 when we reach. like a certain point when he's 00:12:30.210 --> 00:12:33.230 the best person to turn to in our need. Very 00:12:33.230 --> 00:12:36.730 good point. He really only asks us to do what 00:12:36.730 --> 00:12:39.529 we can and he'll make it the rest perfect with 00:12:39.529 --> 00:12:42.269 whatever we're able to offer him. I totally agree. 00:12:42.830 --> 00:12:46.190 So each Easter season, we celebrate as a symbolic 00:12:46.190 --> 00:12:48.309 whole eternity's great gifts through Jesus Christ, 00:12:48.429 --> 00:12:50.750 which are his atonement, his literal resurrection, 00:12:51.110 --> 00:12:53.950 restoration of his latter day church with priesthood 00:12:53.950 --> 00:12:55.970 keys and authority to bless all of God's children. 00:12:56.649 --> 00:12:58.769 So in the spirit of the Easter season, another 00:12:58.769 --> 00:13:01.450 action item that we might consider here would 00:13:01.450 --> 00:13:03.690 be to identify one relationship or regret to 00:13:03.690 --> 00:13:06.230 bring to Christ for healing this week or in advance 00:13:06.230 --> 00:13:08.509 for the next general conference. This also brings 00:13:08.509 --> 00:13:10.309 to mind something that President Nelson said 00:13:10.309 --> 00:13:13.490 years ago, which was to heal personal conflict 00:13:13.490 --> 00:13:15.990 in your life. Sometimes it's as simple as asking 00:13:15.990 --> 00:13:19.409 in prayer to see that person through the Savior's 00:13:19.409 --> 00:13:21.809 eyes. If we saw our offenders as He sees them, 00:13:21.929 --> 00:13:24.929 would it be easier to extend kindness or forgiveness? 00:13:26.190 --> 00:13:28.309 I love this because this was obviously spoken 00:13:28.309 --> 00:13:30.769 in the Easter season, but this message is so 00:13:30.769 --> 00:13:32.830 profound and we're trying to find ways to bring 00:13:32.830 --> 00:13:35.730 Easter more fully into like all aspects of our 00:13:35.730 --> 00:13:38.090 life. Sure. Not just the day of the year, but 00:13:38.090 --> 00:13:41.009 like the season itself to extend that. And then 00:13:41.009 --> 00:13:45.100 this message is great. What if each month we 00:13:45.100 --> 00:13:47.580 picked up another burden that we've been carrying 00:13:47.580 --> 00:13:50.139 around and wanted to give it to him? So it would 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:52.299 require us to identify the things that's making 00:13:52.299 --> 00:13:54.279 us feel burdened or the relationship that's feeling 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:57.059 a little bit heavy. And I think the one that 00:13:57.059 --> 00:13:58.779 comes to top of mind is the one you should grab 00:13:58.779 --> 00:14:01.139 off. Maybe there's multiple areas that you could 00:14:01.139 --> 00:14:05.490 heal from, but I love that idea. You take the 00:14:05.490 --> 00:14:07.149 one and you say, like, what can you and I do 00:14:07.149 --> 00:14:09.789 together to heal this? And you may be prompted 00:14:09.789 --> 00:14:11.809 with the words to say to the person or open the 00:14:11.809 --> 00:14:14.210 conversation, or you may be blessed with the 00:14:14.210 --> 00:14:16.090 ability to say you've done everything you can 00:14:16.090 --> 00:14:17.450 in that relationship. Exactly. And it's time 00:14:17.450 --> 00:14:20.669 to leave the rest to Jesus on that one. Yeah. 00:14:20.909 --> 00:14:24.909 He doesn't want us to endlessly suffer. One -sided 00:14:24.909 --> 00:14:28.570 pursuit. Totally. Yeah. It's not the point. I 00:14:28.570 --> 00:14:30.309 think that's a great suggestion. Thank you for 00:14:30.309 --> 00:14:34.210 bringing it up. Anyway, we can make Easter a 00:14:34.210 --> 00:14:35.889 year -long celebration doing this, just letting 00:14:35.889 --> 00:14:39.169 go of things that can't bring us any joy, things 00:14:39.169 --> 00:14:40.750 that can't be restored on this side of the veil, 00:14:40.830 --> 00:14:44.149 and trust that that restoration will come at 00:14:44.149 --> 00:14:47.720 some point. Yeah. A quote from the talk, For 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:49.360 God so loved the world that he gave his only 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:51.299 begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 00:14:51.299 --> 00:14:53.059 should not perish but have everlasting life. 00:14:53.320 --> 00:14:55.559 May we each find in Jesus Christ's atonement, 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:57.840 resurrection and restoration, peace, becoming 00:14:57.840 --> 00:15:00.779 and belonging, that which is enduringly real 00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:03.200 and joyful, happy and forever. I pray in his 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:06.360 holy name, Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. Thank you 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:08.399 for joining us. Until next time, may you feel 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:11.100 his love in both your tears and your triumphs.