Essay On Atonement

As this semester began almost twelve weeks ago, I set out to make a personal change in my life. I wanted to strengthen my relationship with my Heavenly Father and ultimately, become a better disciple of Jesus Christ. I described my goals for this semester as this: “I want to learn about and improve on my believing of Christ’s Atonement and how it applies to me personally. I want to not only believe in Christ’s identity but also in His power to cleanse and to purify and to save. I also want to learn more about and get better at being patient while enduring personal trials and seeing the hand of the Lord in my life” (Becoming Project Refine Your Attribute). The themes of patience and believing has been a beautiful thing to study, learn more about, and apply in my life as I have studied the New Testament. After studying the life and mortal ministry of my Savior, Jesus Christ, I believe that I have done the best that I can to become a more patient, believing disciple of Jesus Christ. Patience is somewhat of a gateway virtue. The development of patience contributes to the growth and strength of other virtues such as forgiveness and faith. One of my chosen action items to practice patience was to consciously exercise patience when a family member frustrates me. I have learned from practicing patience that often …show more content…
One of my chosen success markers consisted of me preparing more faithfully for the sacrament by pondering in my mind or writing down what things I can better improve on each week and how the Atonement can help me each achieve them. As I have compared my lists throughout the semester they have become shorter and more sincere. Having studied the life and ministry of Jesus Christ before partaking the sacrament each week has helped me to become more aware of my actions and reluctant to do things that are displeasing to my Father in