2 Nephi 31

Nephi teaches us about the Savior's atonement and His perfect example for us. He points out that, even in His perfection, Christ humbly submitted to the will of the Father and was baptized. A prideful person would have haughtily declared that he had no need of repentance or forgiveness because he was free from stain. Yet Christ did not protest. He willingly obeyed and thereby set forth the example for the rest of us to follow.

I need a large dose of humility sometimes. I try so hard to be obedient and to follow the Lord's commands with exactness. Because of my earnest struggle for perfection, however, I am sometimes easily offended at the suggestion that I could be doing more, or when my faults or weaknesses are pointed out by another. Christ had no regard for the opinion of man. He cared only about pleasing the Father. I must continue to seek for the approval of Heavenly Father and not worry about how the world sees me. The Lord knows my heart. He knows how hard I am trying. Unfortunately, he also sees even those weaknesses that I seek to hide the deepest. I am broken and utterly vulnerable before His all-knowing eye. Yet there is a profound comfort in knowing that He not only loves me in spite of all of my faults, He stands ready to help me in overcoming them and is ever willing to forgive me for them. He sees my eternal potential and divine nature and I am His child. Nothing could possibly give me more happiness or contentment than to feel His all-encompassing love.