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Cold plunge thought, even though it is quite a bit warmer outside than it has

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been, there's still ice in the cold pot.

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And there's ice on the bottom. I had a rough day yesterday.

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Gave in to temptation again and again. Even when I knew I needed to stop, I just kept doing it.

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There's one thing that I've been thinking of a lot, that any kind of sin separates

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us from God, no matter what that sin is.

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This is a really key piece.

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We, as humans, like to put sin on a grading curve and say, well,

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some sins are really bad based on our own personal beliefs, and others aren't

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so bad based on our own personal belief.

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And the reality is, is anytime we're sinning, it separates us from God and it's bad.

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So while yesterday I didn't cheat on my wife, I didn't kill anybody,

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I didn't look at porn, I didn't smoke or drink, what I did do is I ate things

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that I knew I shouldn't be eating.

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And I sedated myself with food instead of dealing with the frustration and stress

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that I was feeling. I didn't scroll on social media endlessly and drown my sorrows

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there, but I did eat a bunch of food that I shouldn't have.

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So here's the other thing about that. Every sin that we commit is also already

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forgiven by the Savior because He performed the atonement for us.

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That's incredibly powerful. powerful.

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I'm so grateful for that because even when I do make those mistakes,

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I can repent and I can seek and receive forgiveness, which is a truly amazing

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thing because it sucks to do things that you know you shouldn't be doing.

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I hate it. I don't feel good when I do it, but when I do repent,

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I can feel that forgiveness.

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No matter how small or how big that sin is, I can be forgiven, and that is a blessing.