An Easiness and Willingness to Believe

The Lamanites were converted because they were easy to be entreated. At the same time, the Lamanites became more wicked because they would not be entreated. It takes a soft heart to feel the effects of the Atonement of Christ.

An easiness and willingness to believe in the word of God comes from a softness of heart. It comes from having a heart that is sensitive to the Holy Ghost. It comes from having a heart that can love. It comes from having a heart that will make and keep sacred covenants. It comes from a soft heart that can feel the power of the Atonement of Christ.

• An easiness to believe will come when the word of God is etched into our hearts.
• An easiness and willingness to believe the word of God will come from repentance and obedience.

An examination of our lives will reveal periods when we found it easier to believe the word of God:

• Periods of significant change, such as marriage or the birth of a child;
• periods of intense service from a new calling or a mission;
• periods in our youth with a wonderful bishop, youth leaders, and seminary teachers;
• periods of trials; and periods of growth from learning for the first time about the gospel
• Perhaps the most significant period is childhood.

As a child I found it easy to believe the word of God taught to me by valiant parents and grandparents.
I noticed the same thing talking to Savannah yesterday. She has absolute confidence that the way to eternal life and eternal happiness is with family sealed together through temple covenants and her confidence comes in her words “because you and Mom said so.”

ouTou will find what really brought an easiness and willingness to believe were not the circumstances but the commitment to live the gospel during these periods of life. You were found more often on your knees and immersed in the scriptures during these periods. You found it easier to gather for family home evening and family prayer. You found it easy to be in church and to worship in the temple. You found it easy to pay tithes and offerings.

This easiness and willingness to believe will come from doing those seemingly insignificant things taught to us repeatedly since our youth. Obedience will bring soft hearts and an easiness to believe in the word of God.