Attitudes

This week in Book of Mormon, one of the things we talked a lot about was the Beattitudes.  I've read over these many times, but I usually don't think twice about them.  Brother Griffin showed us a new way to see them.  He pointed out that the Beattitudes are a representation of the repentance process.  Let me show you how it works.  Starting in 3 Nephi, chapter 12 verse 3 we find them.  The first is "Blessed are the poor in spirit" When we are pure in spirit, we recognize that we have made a mistake.  In verse 4 we see "blessed are they that mourn" mourning represents that we feel bad about what we did.  verse 5 says "blessed are the meek" when you are meek, you admit that what you did was wrong. verse 6 says "blessed are all they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness" showing that they have the desire to do what is right. Verse 7 is about forgiving yourself when it says "blessed are the merciful." 8 and 9 kind of go together "blessed are all the pure in heart" and "Blessed are all the peacemakers" saying that you are becoming better and helping others as well.  I thought this was a super cool way of looking at these ideas that I haven't really thought much about before.  One of the best things about our church is that we believe that through Christs atonement, we are able to repent and be forgiven of our sins, but it is not just a confession and you're done, you have to put forth the effort and really feel sorry for what you have done.  Even if what you has done seems awful and you feel like you can never be forgiven, Christ is there for you and he will help you.