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What has the savior done for me? I was raised in the church all my life. I didn't appreciate or understand what a blessing the gospel of Jesus Christ was, I was confused and thought life was a party. I didn't care about spirituality or church, i only went because my parents wanted me to go. I always believed that I had a Heavenly Father but I didn't understand or try to know who the Savior was until I was 20. It was the time when I truly needed him and it was when I understood perhaps on a small scale what he suffered in Gethsemane for ME. I was in my own "hell", I cried for forgiveness, I cried all the time, I prayed and prayed, and for the first time I "read" the scriptures,...I was gaining a testimony of the Savior! I knew Him and I knew that He knew me! I went to my bishop (almost weekly), I felt a peace I had never known. I was able to receive my patriarchal blessing. My testimony was strengthened by the words the patriarch spoke; he didn't know me and there was no way he could have known the questions that were answered in my blessing. Only the Savior and Heavenly Father knew...my testimony of both was so great. I knew I was important, that they loved me. What has the Jesus Christ done for me? He forgave me of my sins and he continues to forgive me of my shortcomings. I want to know the Savior! He has given me the scriptures, a record of his life and teachings. He lived a perfect life and It is a privilege to learn more about Him and how to live each day. He continues to bless my life with His Atonement. As a mother I rely on the Atonement of Jesus Christ for healing and strength, that my children when they suffer in this life, will know they need Him ALWAYS!

My thoughts are that we should trust in The Lord that he will take care of us, our only concern should be to serve him (others). Just as the prophet, apostles, and other preisthood leaders and fulltime missionaries throughout the world are asked to trust in The Lord and serve; he will protect us and sustain us with our temporal needs. We are all important to him, we all have a purpose and like the lilies of the field we should just focus on that not worry about how we will survive or work so hard/toil to stay "alive". He knows what we need, if we follow the Holy Spirit, the Lord will provide the rest.