Comments on: How Do I Get the Mighty Change of Heart?

By: Solomone

Solomone — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:07:06 +0000

Love this Kelly. Great read and very uplifting. I look forward to reading more from you. Please write more!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:08:38 +0000

You’re welcome Tarsha. I’m glad you liked the article.

By: Tarsha Cutelli

Tarsha Cutelli — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 01:50:36 +0000

Thank you!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:54:58 +0000

Ben,
You make some very good points. I agree that there is a big difference between being tempted and actually committing the sin. Sometimes I think we feel guilty just for having an unrighteous thought, and it is important to remember that it is not in having the thought, but how we behave because of the thought that we will be judged on.

As to the changes we have to make when we are in the process of making the change, I had a leader tell me once that the key was to fill my days with doing good to the point that I had no time for anything of an unworthy nature. I have found that this practice alone has made a big difference in my life. It does indeed take the act of replacing one behavior with a better one. And if we need to cut people who are dangerous to our salvation out of our life, then so be it. The Lord needs to become our complete focus.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:24:29 +0000

I think we sometimes confuse the temptation to do evil, with the act of doing evil itself. Even Christ was tempted to do evil, and I am sure that many who have had that mighty change of heart still faced temptation.

Temptation is not a sin. And those who resist temptation are stronger than those who never face temptation at all.

Another thing we are looking at is extremes. The Anti-Nephi-Lehis went from being murderous, and bloodthirsty to being a peace loving people. But why do you think they buried all their weapons of war? It wasn’t because they wanted to store them, or not look at them ever again. They were tempted, and they didn’t want to be tempted to take up their weapons of war again.

In the same line of thought, we don’t know all the changes Alma the Younger and Saul of Tsarsus made so that they would never go back. They probably cut off friendships, stayed away from places they frequented, and leaned how to say no when they still wanted to say yes.

Remember, you don’t know the internal struggle of even the most righteous people you know. They may face temptations everyday that you and I could never fathom facing.