Wow! Just typing this in the title line made me think of so many analogies!
Okay, if we are attached to the Savior, when we 'write' a wrong, the Savior's Atonement, can 'erase' what we did.
Non-mechanical pencils need to be sharpened. There is graphite inside the pencil but in order for it to be of use, it must be sharpened. So it is with faith and any other Christlike attribute. We may have it inside of us, but unless we sharpen or involve a sudden or abrupt change in direction or course (as defined by dictionary.com) it will remain forever in us, but not being utilized. To get the graphite out and to be of use it must, in some degree, be cut and forced out. If we do not use faith, or charity, or love, or knowledge, etc. it will remain forever inside and we will not be able to be an instrument in God's Hands.
Okay, if we are attached to the Savior, when we 'write' a wrong, the Savior's Atonement, can 'erase' what we did.
Non-mechanical pencils need to be sharpened. There is graphite inside the pencil but in order for it to be of use, it must be sharpened. So it is with faith and any other Christlike attribute. We may have it inside of us, but unless we sharpen or involve a sudden or abrupt change in direction or course (as defined by dictionary.com) it will remain forever in us, but not being utilized. To get the graphite out and to be of use it must, in some degree, be cut and forced out. If we do not use faith, or charity, or love, or knowledge, etc. it will remain forever inside and we will not be able to be an instrument in God's Hands.
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