SCRIPTURES

What scriptures have you found helpful?

If you have any scriptures that you would like to share, please respond to this post. Please include a brief statement of what the scripture means to you, as well as your first name and the city/state where you live, Thank you for contributing.

• "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath annointed me . . . [t]o appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning . . . ." Isaiah 61:3. All the hopes, plans, and dreams I had for the future have turned to ashes. If there is a way for this pain and sadness to be transformed into beauty and joy, sign me up.
• "Behold, they will crucify him; and after he is laid in a sepulchre for the space of three days he shall rise from the dead, with healing in his wings; and all those who shall believe on his same shall be saved in the kingdom of God." 2 Nephi 25:13. I included this verse because of how it connects the atonement, the resurrection, and healing. I don't know when I will begin to feel that any healing has occurred, and I am certain that this wound will never fully heal in this life, but I know that Christ is the source of the healing that will eventually come.
• St. John 20:1-18. These are the verses of Mary Magdalene weeping at the Lord's tomb and then seeing the risen Lord. I put these verses down because I have a completely new understanding of what Mary might have been feeling while sitting next to the tomb of someone she cared so deeply about. I can only imagine her wonder and joy and seeing the resurrected Lord. I envy her for only having to wait three days.
• "Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen they tears: behold, I will heal thee . . . ." 2 Kings 20:5.