How Does Grace Help Us Overcome Weakness? "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them." Ether 12:27
she dreams with a gravitational pull so powerful that even the stars can feel her. her voice is celestial music-the kind that sounds like how velvet feels and how marigolds smell-soft, classic, rich. her presence is like sunbathing. I am a flower in her light. she knows how to walk with the wind and she does it effortlessly. she kisses in the rain and she loves like thunder and her laugh floods into the room like a steady summer storm. she is woman. she is an element of her own.
*Grace and peace be multiplied unto you, through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,* according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us unto glory and virtue.
No distinction is admitted between desires for good eternal outcomes and bad ones, because any deliberate pursuit of goals is considered a denial of God’s grace. We are supposed to let go of what we think we want and simply be open to whatever God gives. There is no room in such a radical philosophy of grace for a plan of salvation or a “great plan of happiness” (Alma 42:8) – since planning itself is inherently sinful.