Elder Russell M. Nelson, as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said:
“In this world, nothing is more burdensome than sin. It is the heaviest cross that men and women bear. I believe [today’s) young women and men to be part of the greatest generation ever to live upon the earth. Nevertheless, the world around us is an increasingly hostile and sinful place. Occasionally, that can splash onto us and put us in very deep water.
To anyone so struggling, know that you can be redeemed, You can be made whole. All that He asks is that you walk, with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, away from darkness into His light. He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows,” Isaiah declared, ” and with his stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:4-5)—if we truly seek Him.
Follow the Good Shepherd, brothers and sisters, and be a positive part of His fold. Remember that His Church is not intended to be a sanctuary for the sinless; it is to be a hospital of hope for those who want to get well. Do whatever you have to do to be fully in the fold. For some that means to live with greater faith, to believe more. For others it means to repent. For all of us it means to live more by the promptings of the Holy Ghost and to “Press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men” (2 Nephi 31:20) (“Love of the Lord—in Language and Living,: Ricks College Commencement, April 28,2001) (And from “Teachings of Russell M. Nelson”, Deseret Book, 2018, p.320-21)
