3rd Nephi 17-20

Third Nephi really is so great. Today the reading that stood out the most to me was the reading about Christ healing people "one by one." Or talking to His disciples "one by one."

I think often we have this image of Christ being a very foreboding being, an Eternal Judge who is out to make sure we see what we have done wrong. Christ is very much a judge in the end, but in the meantime, I think He's also someone who has the time to heal us individually. Christ doesn't heal collectively. He heals only those who offer up a broken heart and a contrite spirit. Each time we feel we mess up, which may be 100x a day, He stands ready to accept our sins and heals us from the bitter stains of sin. I know of this from personal experience. Often I make little mistakes that need repentance and I try to avoid making them. But if I do, I stop what I am doing. I think of what Jesus would have me do. And then I repent. The joy of the Atonement of God Himself doesn't come to people who place a facade of perfection over their sins. It comes to those who genuinely repent, seeing that they can't do it on their own. God promises those who forsake and confess their sins that He will remember them no more. We may remember them, but when we truly repent, we are clean again before God.

Christ is a healer. He stands ready to heal us, no matter what we do. And that's the best news of all.