brain dump

relationships are only established when there is trust, so we build a relationship with Heavenly father by practicing trust in our Heavenly Father. without trust there is no relationship. 

Our Heavenly Father trusted us by letting us go, that is soooo difficult to do with our children.

God gave us ways to return, like the atonement, so that we could be forgiven. likewise, we need to record or journal so that our children will know, if needed, how the proper way was established to handled the situation. salvation is personal, not congregational. 

God understands us individually, and will do all he can to help us return, we just need to learn to believe that and accept and live by that knowledge. 

A covenant is more than a promise.

God is bound to keep any of his covenants he makes (d&c 82:10)and he made some with us.

I think of Abraham's covenant and how Sarah demonstrated and it is recorded for every generation how she lacked faith or trust that God would be able to keep his promise without her help, so she gave Abraham her handmaiden, and to this day so much blood shed and strife is a result of that choice.

When we break covenants we suffer the consequences... the only exception is the atonement. (pause to think)

Everything in nature functions through laws or in other words - by way covenant we can depend that the sun will raise each morning.