A Muddy Course

A few years ago, 
While in my truck with some friends, 
We were driving around in one of their fields after a rain storm.

Everything was going well! 

It was fun getting a little muddy!

Nothing bad happened..

 For the first little while...

We had a couple close calls, My tires were a little bald..

Every once in awhile we would have to dodge some little ponds!

We thought we were safe! No one thought we would get stuck,

As long as we dodged the ponds!

In order to dodge the last pond,

I had to take a left turn up a hill..

As the tires turned and spun,

The truck started to slow and get low..

Oh me...

Quickly shifted into reverse!

Stepped on the gas.. We didn't move backward or forward..

Only downward..

We were definitely stuck..

No matter how hard I tried..

The truck was not going to move by itself..

Luckily my buddy had a tractor! 

We had to look towards somebody else for help.

The tractor pulled us out like it was nothing!

Have you ever been in a situation like this?

Where you do everything you possibly can, but you still fall short, 

Where you still find yourself "stuck in the mud".

I know it happens to me often!

It is definitely not always a physical "stuck",

It may be that we are spiritually "stuck".

That is never fun!

That is why I am grateful for Jesus Christ!

It is impossible to put into words the full meaning of the Atonement, which is the most important and most transcendent event in the history of the world. Through His suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross, the Savior atoned for our sins. This is the good news for all people!

The Savior tells us:

“For behold, I... have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer... even as I.”(Doctrine and Covenants 19:16-17) 

Jesus Christ did what only He could do in atoning for our sins. To make His Atonement fully effective in our individual lives, we must have faith in Christ, repent of our sins, be baptized and confirmed by one having authority, receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, obey God’s commandments, receive sacred ordinances, and strive to become like Him. As we do these things through His Atonement, we can return to live with Him and our Heavenly Father forever.

As we do these things they will help us learn how to get out of "muddy" situations and also how to avoid them!

We have got to learn how to hit easy street on mud tires.