Rusty Old Chains

One link, Two link, Three link... a chain is endless,  as it grows one link at a time the weight becomes heavier and heavier until you can't possibly lift it by yourself.

You might be thinking what does this have to do with anything? Well I am here to say that all of us are carrying a chain and a lot of the links could be rusty, and some freshly made. These chains aren't literally metal chains that we carry around everyday but chains of guilt, shame, sorrow, and grief. 

How do we get these chains? 

Mosiah 3:19

"For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father."
There is no possible way to avoid these nasty chains, but there is definatly a way to keep the chain small and keep the load light.

How do we rid of the chains we have?

 As the scripture mentioned we can put off the natural man and rid of those rusty old chains. But it is only through the atonement of our Savior Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ has the power and love to break any link that we are willing to turn over to him. 
I invite everyone to turn towards our loving savior who is waiting for us to simply ask if he will take away the heavy load that weighs us down. We can start by reading and praying.

I testify this to be true. I have seen it in my life and in the lives of many others as I have served a mission for my Lord.