Tuesday, February 4, 2014

D&C 19:16-19

D&C 19:16-19
16 For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent;
 17 But if they would not repent they must suffer even as I;
 18 Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit—and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink—
 19 Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook and finished my preparations unto the children of men.

Sonnet 793 D&C 19:16-19

Because there is no happiness in sin
And since the fall temptation came about
We all know some of misery within
And even some of suffering without.

And with this understanding comes the need
To lift the consequences from the soul
Erasing every evil thought and deed
To meet eternity both clean and whole.

And so a loving Father, God and King
Decreed a plan for ending all such pains
It called for someone else to bear the sting
Of all the awful hurt that sin sustains.

Because the Savior drank that bitter cup
Each fallen sinner can be lifted up.

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