Come Unto Me

"Go thy way unto thy brother, and first be reconciled to they brother, and then come unto me with full purpose of heart, and I will receive you." -3 Nephi 12:24

“Just because God is God, just because Christ is Christ, they cannot do other than care for us and bless us and help us if we will but come unto them, approaching their throne of grace in meekness and lowliness of heart. They can’t help but bless us. They have to. It is their nature. That is why Joseph Smith gave those lectures on faith, so we would understand the nature of godliness and in the process have enough confidence to come unto Christ and find peace to our souls. There is not a single loophole or curveball or open trench to fall into for the man or woman who walks the path that Christ walks. When he says, “Come, follow me” (Luke 18:22), he means that he knows where the quicksand is and where the thorns are and the best way to handle the slippery slope near the summit of our personal mountains. He knows it all, and he knows the way. He is the way.” -Jeffrey R. Holland, April 1998 Ensign

My favorite part of this scripture is that is says to come unto Christ with full purpose of heart. Coming unto Christ should not be a passive thing. It should not be something we think on and do if we have time once our homework is done, the house is clean, and we’re done working for the day. It needs to be the drive behind everything we do. When we do come unto Him—as Elder Holland says—everything becomes easier. Those things which we sometimes mistakenly put before coming unto Him suddenly become easier and more doable; not because Christ has changed the situation, but because he has changed us. Coming unto Christ changes us and give us the capacity to work more cheerfully, serve more abundantly, love more perfectly, and live more fully. It should be the full purpose of our hearts because it is truly the thing which makes our hearts full.