ATOMS stands for "Aaron's 'Things of My Soul'". As such, this blog is a compilation of my spiritual thoughts and insights as I study the scriptures, pray in faith, and have daily experiences. These things are the symbolic atoms that make up my life, and are personal to me. With the belief that "there hath no temptation [or experience or trial or joy] taken [me], but such as is common to man" (1 Corinthians 10:13), I post them in the hope that they bless someone, somewhere, somehow. If it be one soul, my joy is full.

Please feel free to browse, to search, to comment, to correct false doctrine you find, and to let me know if they have been positively (or negatively) influential to you.

It is my prayer that we all sail the seas of life with happiness, and obtain the wonderful blessings that God has in store for us, including living with our righteous loved ones forever, the answers to every question in life, and eternal happiness.

My posts are not to be taken as the official doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are a reflection of my progressive learning and growing into said doctrine, though.

Wednesday, 26 August 2015

The Tests of Life

If we face life without the Atonement, then God's tests are too much.

With the Atonement, He can never test us too much.

There are many tests in life, but they are all really one test: will I put God first?

Regarding my weaknesses, without the Atonement, they are a natural, unchangeable part of me.

With the Atonement, those weaknesses are a choice.

They can be overcome either in this life or the next.

For those we can overcome in this life, I can choose to develop it into a strength, through the Atonement, or I can choose to live with it forever.

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