Gems-Youth: Repentance and Forgiveness

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"The discouraging idea that a mistake (or even a series of them) makes it everlastingly too late does not come from the Lord. He has said that if we will repent, not only will He forgive us our transgressions, but He will forget them and remember our sins no more (see Isa. 43:25; Heb. 8:12; 10:17; Alma 36:19; D&C 58:42). Repentance is like soap; it can wash sin away. Ground-in dirt may take the strong detergent of discipline to get the stains out, but out they will come."

(President Boyd K. Packer, "A Few Simple Lessons," New Era, Aug. 2002, 8)