I Believe in Life after Death

I Believe in Life after Death

I believe in life after death or in other words I believe we all will through the atonement of Jesus Christ be resurrected from the dead, our bodies and our spirits reunited together to live forever more, and that until we are resurrected our spirits live in the spirit world awaiting the resurrection.  Furthermore I believe as stated in Alma 41, “And it is requisite with the justice of God that men should be judged according to their works; and if their works were good in this life, and the desires of their hearts were good, that they should also, at the last day, be restored unto that which is good.” we will receive exactly what we do and what have been the  desires of our heart.  I believe that God knows us so perfectly that he knows exactly what we desire in our hearts and that we will be rewarded with not only what  we do but we will be rewarded with what has been the desire of our heart.  Sometimes we are busy raising kids and working to support them and give them a good life and we don’t find the time to do all that we would like to do, God knows us and knows what the desires of our heart are and he is going to give us credit for those desires and restore unto us what our hearts have desired.  If we desire to do good, to be good, and are trying to be good and do good, but fall short sometimes, I believe he knows our desires and will reward and restore unto us what have been the desires of our heart.  This doesn’t give us an out.  I believe that, it doesn’t mean we should not do all that we can and that we need to become more and more like our Savior, for me it just means that after we have done all that we can, he is going to take into account what we have desired to do and to become and make up the difference and reward and restore unto us what we have desired to do and to become as if we had accomplished them.  This is the great part of the Atonement that we all will fall short and that without the Atonement and Jesus Christ being willing and able to lift us and make up the difference we could never be who we need to be in order to live with our Father in Heaven and His Son and our brother Jesus Christ.  We only need to do our best and desire to do good and repent of our sins and shortcomings and I believe he will make up the difference.  I believe in life after death and that it will be wonderful and that our Savior will not only make up for our shortcomings but he will give us the benefit of doubt when it comes to the desires of our heart.  He is merciful and loving and has the power to forgive us and He will forgive us if we will repent.  This has been a hard week with the accident of Alex’s two sisters and the 5 children that were in the car.  After seeing the car many people have said that it is a miracle that more people were not injured more seriously and that it is a miracle that the children were all able to be released from the hospital the same day as the accident with only minor injuries.  My heart is heavy, knowing that Nickie is not going to make it and that at some point soon the machines that are keeping her alive will be turned off, but the knowledge of the plan of salvation gives us comfort and knowing of the love and goodness of our Father in Heaven brings us peace.  She will be received into the loving arms of many family members who are on the other side of the veil.  And she will be rewarded for her goodness and the desires of her heart for I believe in life after death.