Broken Hearts

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Broken Hearts

• Khinckley1_at_yahoo.com

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Question

• The world likes to debate
• Why do bad things happen to good people?
• Question
• Why do good people do bad things?

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What 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.
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Tragic 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.

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When 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
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Ole 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?
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Nephi 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!

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Lawrence 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.

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Elder 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.

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King 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
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Bro. 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.

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Elder 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.

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Elder 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?"

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Finally

• 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.'