2 Nephi 9:39--The Awfulness of Transgression

O, my beloved brethren, remember the awfulness in transgressing against that Holy God, and also the awfulness of yielding to the enticings of that cunning one. Remember, to be carnally-minded is death, and to be spiritually-minded is life eternal.

While I don’t think it’s helpful to remember our specific transgressions or the details thereof, it appears to me to be essential that we remember the awfulness we’ve felt in transgressing. Everyone sins, so everyone has felt and experienced the awfulness that accompanies it. Writing about those feelings is a way to be accountable to ourselves, a way to recognize and remember how often we are transgressing. Hopefully this will help us minimize the transgressions.

President Kimball said, “What could you do better for your children and your children’s children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your recovery after a fall, your progress when all seemed black, your rejoicing when you had finally achieved?” It seems, then, that not only should we remember and write about the awfulness of transgressing against the Lord, but we should also remember and write about how it feels to overcome transgression.

It is awful to yield to temptation.

I've waited until too late tonight, and I'm too tired to think straight anymore. It's ok because the next few verses in this same chapter encourage us to remember, so I'll be writing more on this in the next few days.