Day 44- Atonement Insight

In the D&C Student Manual, I read about the heart this morning. "The heart is frequently used figuratively in the Bible. One scholar indicated that in the Bible the heart is viewed as the "innermost center" of man, and is representative of:

1. The center of bodily life and power. When the heart is strengthened, the whole man is strengthened.

2. The center of the rational and emotional nature of man. It is the seat of love and hate, the center of thought and knowledge--it understands, deliberates, reflects, estimates. It is the center of feelings and affections, experiencing joy, pain, ill will, dissatisfaction, anxiety, despair, fear, and reverence.

3. The center of moral life. Many degrees of spiritual growth are found in the heart. it is the dwelling place of either Christ or Satan; it can be hard or broken; it can be a treasure of either good or evil. The heart is the laboratory and place of issue of all that is good and evil in thoughts, words, deeds...It is the center of the entire man, the very hearth of life's impulse."