This Friday and Saturday I went to Youth Conference with my stake. I had a really negative attitude and didn't want to go at all. We were leaving early Friday morning and staying in dorms at the U, then coming home late Saturday night. I complained a lot throughout the whole thing...not a good thing to do I know!!! I wanted to come home yesterday afternoon before dinner, because we were having dinner and another Presentation they called it (this was like the 7th). But I just stayed anyway and I am glad I did, that ended up being the best part!
The Stake young men's leader spoke and did an analogy. He had a boy on the stage with him and called up a girl. He asked the girl if she would like a donut. She said yes, and then he said to the boy, "would you do 10 push ups so that Paige can have a donut?" And the boy did 10 push ups. This went on and the boy ended up doing easily over 500 push-ups so that other people could have a donut. He was comparing it to how Christ went through all of the pain of every single person’s sins in the Garden of Gethsemane, so that we could be forgiven through the atonement.
Being there for this experience made it all so much more real to me! My testimony of the atonement has truly been strengthened. I know that each and every person on this earth can be forgiven of their sins by repenting, through the wonderful power of the atonement that Christ made possible for us! I know that we are all sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father that loves us more than we could ever imagine! And I am so grateful for everything that he does for me!
