Release yourself 

You know that call you’ve been meaning to make to the insurance company that you’ve avoided doing?⁣

That fridge you keep saying you’ll clean out?⁣

That person you keep meaning to text?⁣

I do. ⁣

It’s like there’s this unpleasant list of all the things I don’t really want to do, that I need to do…⁣

And it just weighs me down!⁣

When I finally call and schedule that appointment, I always always always think:

“Man, that wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be and I feel a million times better now.”⁣

And that’s basically what the Lord is telling us all the time. ⁣

“Release yourself from bondage.” (D&C 19:35⁣)

In this case, it was the Lord telling Martin Harris to just pay off the debts to publish the Book of Mormon, and move on. ⁣

In other words, release yourself from the mental “unknown” and anguish, and just get it done. ⁣

And in the kindest way possible, that’s what He’s inviting us to do all the time. ⁣

Whether it’s a big sin we’ve been carrying around on our backs, or a minor little task that we just can’t seem to do, He has lovingly already done His part. ⁣

And He’s ready for each of us to decide to release ourselves from the bondage. ⁣

The bondage of sin, yes, but I think that also includes the bondage of heavy mental loads, too many commitments, or a long to-do list. ⁣

As soon as we start to make the first move, to pick up that phone, to decide that today is the day, He is right by our side doing more than His fair share of the heavy lifting. ⁣

But we have to make that decision to release ourselves. ⁣

What will you release yourself of today?

“The fact that we can repent is the good news of the gospel! ….We can be freed from feelings of despair and the bondage of sin.” – Elder Renlund

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black