6-28-11 “He did deliver me from bondage” p. 29, Day 3

 

2 N 33:6           

I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell.

Oh yes, I am very acquainted with that pit of personal hell.  It is my worse nightmare; it is as I wrote once in a paper called “Me Not Living my Mission”.  Personal stagnation is what I most fear.  I don’t know if I wrote about it earlier in this journal, but as I was beginning this 12 step process, I read a talk by President Uchtdorf (April 2010) where he said,

To paraphrase the Psalmist of old, if we wait patiently for the Lord, He will incline unto us. He will hear our cries. He will bring us out of a horrible pit and set our feet upon a solid rock. He will put a new song in our mouths, and we will praise our God. Many around us will see it, and they will trust in the Lord. (Uchtdorf April 2010)

“Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.”³

When I read this scripture about the horrible pit, I just cried and cried because that day I was in it, stuck being in hell.  I grasped on to this promise with both hands and all my heart.  It goes through my mind many times a day: that He will bring me out of this horrible pit and set my feet upon solid rock.  And even though some days I may feel to sing the song of self-pity, he will put a new song in my mouth and I will rejoice to sing praises to my Precious Redeemer.