Perhaps some have created their own difficulties, but don’t
the rest of us do the same thing? Don’t we all cry out for help and hope and
answers to prayers? Don’t we all beg for forgiveness for mistakes we have made?
Don’t we all implore that grace will compensate for our weaknesses, that mercy
will triumph over justice at least in our case? Remember, King Benjamin said
one obtains a remission of his or her sins by pleading to God — but one retains
a remission of those sins by compassionately responding to the poor. I don’t
know exactly how each of you should fulfill your obligation to those who do not
or cannot always help themselves, but I know that God knows, and He will guide
you in compassionate acts of discipleship if you are conscientiously wanting
and praying and looking for ways to keep a commandment He has given us again
and again. - Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
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