Not Guilty, Your Honor

It's been a while hasn't it?

My life is calming down a bit, but I really just needed to share this amazing thought that I learned about tonight.

I was reading about Christ and what He did for us, and continues to do for us.  It hit me most when I read in D&C 45:3

"Listen to him who is the advocate with the Father, who is pleading your cause before him."

This made me think of a lawyer in the middle of a courtroom, arguing that we are innocent, and not guilty.  In a court case, the lawyer often tells his client not to say certain things, go certain places, or talk to certain people.  Jesus Christ does the same.  He essentially tells us, "Look, I'm arguing the innocent plea, don't do anything that will make you look guilty."

Now I don't know about you, but there are plenty of cop shows where the defendant disobeys their lawyer and does something that completely ruins their case.  Isn't it marvelous that when we do something to incriminate ourselves, our Lawyer has already taken the fall for us?

Christ's capacity to love and forgive is equal to that of His suffering.  He experienced the worst agony for us. For someone who loves us so dearly, to experience all of our sorrows?  Those terrible moments of sadness that are so necessary for our moments of joy.  I am in no way near Christ's level when it comes to love, but when I see someone that I care about have a bad day, I feel so sad for them.  I cannot imagine what it would be like to feel that sadness, in its most pure form, for every person that has ever lived or will live, and then to be brutally executed by people who claim to serve Him?

After all this, His request that we listen to His perfect advice, His guidlines to a happy life, shouldn't be difficult.  Of course, we cannot be perfect on the first go-round, but He is patient.  He will wait for us.  What a blessing!

Anyway, that was my thought for the night.