My Soul is Pained No More

Anyone who has messed up and done something wrong, felt sick about it, and wondered if they could ever be forgiven and can take great hope from the story of Alma the younger. He did terrible things in trying to tear down church and not only was he able to repent, but he went on to be one of the great prophets of the Book of Mormon.

Mosiah chapter 27 explains how his father prayed for him and because of those prayers an angel appeared to him and told him to repent. Alma the younger felt so bad that he couldn't move or speak for two days. During that time he let the atonement work in his life. When he could speak again he said, "I have repented of my sins, and have been redeemed of the Lord; behold I am born of the spirit... my soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and the bonds of iniquity. I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God. My soul was racked with eternal torment but I am snatched, and my soul is pained no more."

I have a testimony that no matter how bad a person has sinned, if he repents the pain can be taken away and the future can again look promising. It's one of the wonderful lessons of the Book of Mormon.