A few days ago, I wrote about how we're never truly "safe." No matter how good we are or have been, Satan will never stop trying to steal our souls. This morning, I found a quote that compliments that message, then turns it around: "Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston Churchill
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland spoke movingly on this topic in his April 2012 talk, Laborers in the Vineyard.
Just as Satan will never give up on trying to steal our souls, the Savior will never give up on trying to save them. No matter how hopeless we feel our situation is, we have heard an Apostle of the Lord tell us that it is impossible for us to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ's atonement shines. So long as we live, we are not doomed. We can still repent and be forgiven and washed clean, no matter what stains of sin are on our consciences or how long those stains have been there. Just as we should never get comfortable, feeling that we're "safe," we must never despair, feeling that we're "damned." So long as we live, the battle for our souls continues. Satan is still fighting against us, but God is still fighting for us, and we can still win. What matters is having the courage to keep fighting.
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