REG D&C 76:50-70;

This was such a surprise to me, I want to sing and dance, and I want to let the world know how amazing this revelation is! I thought that the way to heaven was a check off list... something that I had to fill out. Of course there are covenants, but I am talking a check off list! one that if it were written down would roll out the door and across the hall and down the stairs.
It would look something like a report card. Joy Marie Prior- class of 1990 to death date: passed church 101, recieved a poor score in her church puntuality, kept a fairly positive attitude in family relations 250, but did not pass time management 100 or organization 365 or order and priorities 250, and had to retake hummility in daily living 110 because without that requirment she could not take basic gosple knowledge 216. There would be a tally of how many times I went to church, and not only how often I prayed but a record of how long and what I prayed for. It was a horrifying image, becuase under this system I don't know how I would make it to heaven. It also felt like so much pressure.
I loved reading this section though because my eyes were opened the true nature of God. I am sure that God knows all of the "statistical" numbers of my spirituality- the average number of times I fell asleep in church. He knows all things from the begining to the end, and he can number the sands of the sea. I am sure that he has numbered my life. This was the only perspect that I had taken of my Heavenly Father when it came to judgment. After reading this section I saw a different perspective of my Lord at judgment day.
This perspective was a God filled with mercy. He is filled with so much mercy that it pours out from heaven like raindrops and covers me, so that I can grow. He is filled with so much mercy that Christ can take me into his arms and cry with me until we have bandaged all of my sins and put rainbows were there once was sorrow. The kind of mercy that makes me soul take flight not because I am weightless and perfect but because God is, God is perfect and He will take me with him.that is what I learned from this reading.