As Christ Reaches Out

For this post, I felt that I should change it up from taking some scripture in the New Testament and instead talk about my interpretation of one of the talks from April 2015 General Conference, which just finished. Namely, my interpretation of the story from Elder Holland's talk in the Sunday Morning session. The story he gave, in short, is about how two brother went to climb a cliff without equipment, and they got stuck near the top. The elder boy bolstered his younger brother up, but was stuck himself. After trying to get his younger brother to search for a stick, the older boy tried to jump up. He made it to the ledge, but lacked the ability to pull himself up. However, the younger brother stayed and saved his brother from falling by grabbing him and pulling him up. I interpret the story very similarly to Holland, who talks of how Jesus is like the younger brother, and he will not leave you, but will instead wait to save you from the mistakes and hardships of life as long as you are willing to trust in him. I personally found this talk extremely heartwarming as it talks about how we can get through our challenges  through faith and trust. As difficult as it is to make a leap of faith, oftentimes that leap is what we need to be able to get through many challenges. It is the idea that despite the difficulty of many of our trials, the ability to find Christ waiting to help us in our lives is not just comforting but also incredibly helpful when braving through the challenges of life. If you were unable to see General Conference or are not part of the LDS church, I highly recommend looking up Elder Holland's talk.