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Understanding the Plan of Salvation: Life Before and After Birth
“The plan of salvation teaches that mortality is but one stage of life and that life existed before one’s birth and stretches into the eternities after death. Life’s purpose is to ‘be added upon’ (Abraham 3:26), to be tested, and to participate in a growth process that has eternal consequences.” – Marilyn S. Bateman
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Choose Christ Again and Again and Again
“Heaven isn’t for people who’ve been perfect; it’s for people who’ve been forgiven, who choose Christ again and again.” -Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the 16th General Young Women Presidency This quote is taken from April 2025 General Conference talk, “Your Repentance Doesn’t Burden Jesus Christ; It Brightens His Joy.”
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Embracing Imperfection: Finding Joy in Repentance
“I used to measure my relationship with the Savior by how perfectly I was living. I thought an obedient life meant I would never need to repent. And when I made mistakes, which was every single day, I distanced myself from God, thinking, ‘He must be so disappointed in me.’ “That’s just not true. “I’ve
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Covenant Relationships: Healing After Mistakes
“I testify that while God cares about our mistakes, He cares more about what happens after we make a mistake. Are we going to turn to Him again and again? Are we going to stay in this covenant relationship?” -Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the 16th General Young Women Presidency This quote is taken from April 2025
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Embracing Light: The Call to Repentance
“When the Lord says, “Repent ye, repent ye,” what if you imagined Him saying, “I love you. I love you.” Picture Him pleading with you to leave behind the behavior causing you pain, inviting you to step out of darkness and turn to His light.” -Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the 16th General Young Women Presidency This
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