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, 3 May 2017

Quotes from Toni Sorenson's "Refined By Christ"

All from the 2013 A5 page publication.

"Christ knows that every decision we make between right and wrong or between better and best matters. 'It makes a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today' (James Freeman Clarke, Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book [1923], 95)."

"Much that is required sometimes becomes too much. We break. We quit. We label ourselves failures. Guess what? When we do that we're wrong... Satan... wants us think that we are how we feel. Take a minute to think deeply about that. How we feel is not who we are. We might feel like failures but as long as we are still trying, we are not failures. We are works in progress."
- page 10

"Refinement doesn't work if we are not grateful for our Refiner and His work. His work is perfecting and saving us, and unless we are grateful for what He does on our behalf, impurities will never leave us. 'Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in all things. ... And in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things' (D&C 59:7,21)."

"...figure out your passion. What floats your boat, rings your bell, lights your tree?... With purpose, cause, and passion, the end you envision will absolutely become the reality you live. If you have a painting in you, paint. If you have a song to sing, sing. Don't judge your own creation. Just create it. Banish doubt and fear and step out of your own way if you have to. Write if you're a writer and invent if you're an inventor."
- Page 32
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