The Fall wasn't a disaster. It wasn't a mistake
or an accident. It was a deliberate part
of the plan of salvation. We are God's spirit
"offspring," sent to earth "innocent" of
Adam's transgression. And yet our Father's
plan subjects us to temptation and misery
in this fallen world as the price to
comprehend authentic joy. Without tasting the bitter,
we can't understand the sweet. We require mortality's
discipline and refinement as the "next step in
[our] development" toward becoming like our Father. But growth means growing pains. It also means learning
from our mistakes in a continual
process made possible by the Savior's grace,
which He extends both during and "after all we can do."
