Reclaimed

So it has been a whirlwind day.  My wife and older boys headed off to Montana early this morning to drop the oldest 2 boys off for some quality time with Grandma and Grandpa for a few weeks.  Sidreis will be home later tonight but for the majority of the day it is just me and the little guy.  On top of that I sprained my knee pretty severely last night at work so I'm having a hard time moving around.  So we've spent the better part of the day trying to find him movies on Netflix while I browse blogs on my laptop.

We had Stake Conference today but with my knee hurting and the focus on getting the family out the door for Montana, I didn't make it over.  So I decided to spend some time watching the short videos on Mormon Messages to try and replenish some of the spirituality I missed out on.  They are all good and worth watching but one in particular touched my heart today and I wanted to share it here.

It was called Reclaimed, and it focuses on the reclamation of a landfill near the Idaho Falls Temple that through hard work and effort became an airport and beautiful park.  It is based upon a talk by Shayne M. Bowen given at October Conference in 2006.  His talk was titled; "The Atonement Can Clean, Reclaim, and Sanctify Our Lives"

The entire video is amazing so I don't need to add to much but one particular line really jumped out at me.  He shares a quote from Elder Packer given in 1995 that is also included in the Step 2 section of the LDS ARP Manual; 

“There is no habit, no addiction, no rebellion, no transgression, no apostasy, no crime exempted from the promise of complete forgiveness. That is the promise of the atonement of Christ”