Finding Relief in Jesus Christ

This month in our Come, Follow Me study, we read about a special and unique experience: the resurrected Christ visiting the Americas and inviting the Nephites to “come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world” (3 Nephi 11:14).

As He did with the Nephites, Jesus Christ invites each of us to come and have a personal experience with Him and develop a covenant relationship with Him. How grateful I am that He loves us in this way and desires to be with us. Because of Him, we are never alone. In my article, I share that “we were meant to partner with the Lord in a powerful way through our covenants” (page 44). As we come unto Him through our daily choices to keep sacred covenants, we build a relationship with Jesus Christ that will bring His love and relief to our lives and the lives of our families.

We are reminded of Jesus Christ by wearing the temple garment after we are endowed, explains President Jeffrey R. Holland in his article “The Garment of the Holy Priesthood” (page 4). He shares the First Presidency’s promise that keeping our covenants and wearing the garment will give us greater access to the Savior’s protection and power.

I testify that our Heavenly Father and Savior love you and that Jesus Christ came for this very purpose: to bring us the relief that we seek. Jesus Christ is relief.

Sincerely,

Kristin M. Yee

Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency

Jesus healing a blind man — “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

“When [Jesus] had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

“And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam. … He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.”