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Why Did You Choose Me
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Grenny, Joseph |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | By seeing the example of a county prosecutor, I learned that we are never more like the Savior than when we willingly and vulnerably enter the self-created pain of another person's life. I never feel I truly understand a celestial principle until I can study its mechanism in operation in mortal life. Don't get me wrong. I “stand all amazed” with others at the love Jesus offers me. I know He lives. I have felt His redeeming power in my life. But I have struggled to understand the connection between a man writhing in agony in a garden two thoustand years ago and my being forgiven for angry things I said to my teenage son this morning. I can better appreciate the atonement if I can see how principles behind it — like vicarious suffering and grace — produce similar effects between mortals. Two weeks ago I did. On the first Wednesday in January, I got a glimpse of atonement in operation. I watched how willing and worthy condescension yields power, profound intimacy, and personal transformation. My wife and I volunteer regularly at a place called The Other Side Academy in downtown Salt Lake City. It is a remarkable place. I've come to think of it as a last-chance Zion. A few dozen men and women live there as an alternative to lengthy prison sentences. The “keeper of the gate” there is Dave Durocher. He spent twenty-three years in California prisons and was facing a twenty-nine-year sentence when he was offered a chance to go to a place like The Other Side Academy. It saved his life. After completing his obligatory two years, he stayed an additional six years because he wanted to save others' lives as well. When he heard that people in Utah wanted to start The Other Side Academy, he left all he knew and loved — including a new and lucrative career — to come and once again consecrate his life to saving others. Knowing Dave Durocher has helped me better appreciate the mechanism of atonement. Why Did You Choose Me? |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 19 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/jnlpdf/grenny-v19-2016-pp145-148-PDF.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
