Ben Hur Reunion
Ben Hur crash course (if needed):
Judah’s life as the head of a prominent Jewish family in Judea is turned upside-down when a childhood friend, Messala, betrays Judah and his family. Judah’s mother and sister are thrown into prison, and Judah is condemned to die as a slave in the galley of a Roman warship. Judah becomes bitter and hateful. He plans to take revenge on Messala. He survives slavery, managing to escape during a sea battle. Once free, he competes against Messala in a brutal chariot race in which Messala is killed, only just after revealing the fate of Judah’s mother and sister, who live as leper outcasts. Having heard rumors of Jesus, Judah takes his mother and sister to see him. In that very hour, they witness Jesus as he is crucified. Judah hears the words of Christ on the cross: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” In that moment his anger is taken away (“I felt his voice take the sword out of my hand”) and during the storm following his death, Judah’s mother and sister are healed of their leprosy.
"If you feel unclean, unloved, unhappy, unworthy, unwhole, remember - all that is unfair about life can be made right through the atonement of Jesus Christ."
- Elder Timothy J. Dyches
Because of his infinite and eternal sacrifice, our Savior knows “the deepest and most desperate desires of our hearts.” Because he too has carried the weight on our individual shoulders, He knows how to relieve us from it. He is the Prince of Peace because he is also the Prince of Forgiveness and the Prince of Change, the Prince of Compassion, Empathy, and Understanding. Jeffrey R. Holland has said: “Christ knows better than all others that the trials of life can be very deep and we are not shallow people if we struggle with them.”
Jesus Christ is the Prince of Miracles. He is the Prince of Reassurance. He is the Prince of Goodness, Light, and Mercy. He is the Prince of Nothing is Impossible. He is the Prince of You Do Not Have to Do This Alone. Through Him, there is nothing that can’t be made right. There is nothing that can’t be healed. Miracles are possible. There is no suffering too exquisite, no sin too severe, no burden too great for the Savior. He paid for all of it. Jesus Christ owns the market on peace. He is the only one who sells it - and we all can buy it, without money and without price.
Peace in Christ
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