Title: Broken Hearts
1Broken Hearts
2Question
- The world likes to debate
- Why do bad things happen to good people?
- Question
- Why do good people do bad things?
3What kind of person was King David?
- The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and
my deliverer - The God of my rock in him will I trust
he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
my high tower, and my refuge, my savior... - The Lord rewarded me according to my
righteousness according to the cleanness of my
hands hath he recompensed me. For I have kept the
ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed
from my God. - The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word
was in my tongue
Question- Was this psalm written before or after
Davids sin with Bathsheba and Uriah?
Answer After- this psalm includes the last words
before he died.
4Tragic Story
- And it came to passat the time when kings go
forth to battle David tarried still at
Jerusalem. - And it came to pass in an evening-tideDavid
walked upon the roof of the king's house andsaw
a woman washing herself and the woman was very
beautiful to look upon. - And David sent and inquired after the woman
- David sent messengers, and took Bathsheba and
she came in unto him and he lay with her - the woman conceived, andtold DavidI am with
child. - And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the
Hittite - And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house
- But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house
with all the servants of his lord, and went not
down to his house - And David wrote to his battlefield general,
saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the
hottest battle, and retire ye from him that he
may be smitten, and die. - And the men of the city went out, and fought with
Joab and there fell some of the people of the
servants of David and Uriah the Hittite died
also.
5When good people do bad things
3 Nephi 1219 And behold, I have given you the
law and the commandments of my Father, that ye
shall believe in me, and that ye shall repent of
your sins, and come unto me with a broken heart
and a contrite spirit.
The Lord
Heart full of Righteous Desires
Reserve
Satan
Contrite comes from the Hebrew word that means
bruised
6Ole steps to Repentance
- 1- Recognize the sin
- 2- Feel Remorse
- 3- Resolve to change the behavior
- 4- Relate the sin to proper authorites
- 5- Make Restitution
- 6- Refrain from the sin
So what is wrong with this list?
7Nephi knew!
- We talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we
preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we
write according to our prophecies - Why?
- that our children may know to what source they
may look for a remission of their sins!
8Lawrence FlakeBYU Professor
- Redeemer is the most important of the
overlooked R wordsTo fail to recognize our
complete dependence on the Savior in seeking
and receiving forgiveness is to make a serious
oversight. - What a huge mistake to speak of the process of
repentance and forgiveness as if it is somehow a
do-it-yourself project.
9Elder Holland
- Repentance is not easy or painless or
convenient. It is a bitter cup from
Hell. - But only Satan, who dwells there, would have you
think that a necessary and required
acknowledgment is more distasteful than permanent
residence. - Only he would say, "You can't change. You won't
change. It's too long and too hard to change.
Give up. Give in. Don't repent. You are just the
way you are." That, my friends, is a lie born of
desperation. Don't fall for it.
10King Benjamin
- And now, for the sake of these things which I
have spoken unto you- that is, for the sake of
retaining a remission of your sins from day to
day, that ye may walk guiltless before God- - I would that ye should impart of your substance
to the poor, every man according to that which he
hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the
naked, visiting the sick and administering to
their relief, both spiritually and temporally,
according to their wants.
The final R word to repentance is living a
Righteous life
11Bro. Robert Millet
- It would be like finding my wife in the kitchen
boiling twenty jars in a large container on the
stove. I say to her, Shauna, what are you
doing? - Sterilizing jars,, she answers.
- I ask, Why are you sterilizing the jars?
- To get them clean.
- What are you going to do with the clean jars?
- Put them on the counter.
- What are you going to do with them there?
- Im going to put them there so everyone can see
just how clean they are. - What purpose will they serve?
- People will know we have clean jars.
12Elder Featherstone
- One day a woman came to my business office. She
leaned across the desk and said, "President, I
have carried a transgression on my heart for
thirty-four years that I cannot carry one more
step in this life. I know how tenderhearted you
are, and I wouldn't add one particle of a burden
to your soul." - I said, "My dear sister, before you go on, let me
share with you a principle of the gospel. When
you take a burden off your soul, it is lifted
from the priesthood leader's soul also." - She said, "I know I will be cast out I know I
will be excommunicated, but does it have to be
forever? Thirty-four years ago, before my first
husband and I were married, I was involved in an
abortion. Since that time, I have felt like a
murderess. It was my husband's idea, and I did
not resist. I had an abortion. Later we got
married. He was unfaithful constantly during the
first two years of our marriage.
13Elder Featherstone Continues
- I finally divorced him and have since remarried a
wonderful man who is a convert to the Church. He
knows everything and he still wants to be sealed
to me. President, do you think that either in
time or in eternity we can be sealed together? I
know I will have to be cast out, but does it have
to be forever?" The tears flowed down her cheeks. - I had known this woman and thought she was one of
the most Christlike women I had ever met. She
always baked bread, rolls, or cookies for
the people in the neighborhood. Whenever
they had a ward party and the Relief
Society sisters cleaned up, she always
scrubbed the floor. She said that she didn't
feel worthy to stand by them and do the
dishes after what she had done she only
felt worthy to scrub the floor where they
walked. She told me that she had never
gossiped about anyone else. "How could I,"
she said, "after what I had done?"
14Finally
- I listened to her confession, humbled to
tears, and told her, "I have never had a case
of abortion before. I will need to write to
President Kimball, then the President of the
Quorum of the Twelve, and get his counsel." - I wrote to President Kimball and shared the
entire story. I told him that she was one of
the most Christlike women I had known and that
she was willing to submit to any decision he
would have for her. Two weeks later I received
his response. I called the sister and asked her
to meet me at the stake office as soon as she
could. When I arrived at the stake center, she
was already there. Her eyes were red, and she
was pale. I know she must have been on her
knees several times after my call, asking for
mercy. - Again I sat across the desk from her and said, "I
do not want to keep you waiting one second
longer. We are not even going to stop for prayer.
Let me read you President Kimball's letter 'Dear
President Featherstone You inquired about a
woman who had been involved in an abortion
thirty-four years ago. From the way you describe
her, it sounds like she has long since repented.
You may tell her on behalf of the Church she is
forgiven. After a thorough and searching
interview, you may issue this sweet sister a
temple recommend so she can go to the temple and
be sealed to her present husband.'