The Veil of Unbelief

"Behold, when ye shall rend that veil of unbelief which doth cause you to remain in your awful state of wickedness, and hardness of heart, and blindness of mind, then shall the great and marvelous things which have been hid up from the foundation of the world from you-- yea, when ye shall call upon the Father in my name, with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, then shall ye know that the Father hath remembered the covenant which he made unto your fathers, O house of Israel." Ether 4:17

In the book of Ether we learn that Ether had such great faith that he saw the Lord and more. Ether was told to write the things which he saw and then these things were sealed up. Faith cannot exist with unbelief. Here unbelief is referred to as a veil, shielding us from the truth which in turn causes us to remain in a state of wickedness, with a hard heart and a blind mind. We are told to tear apart the veil of unbelief and approach the Father in Christ's name, with a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

Turn to the Lord With All Your Heart

"Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, .."
Joel 2:12-13

Turn to the Lord with all my heart, also with fasting. Come unto the Lord with my whole soul and center of my being. Approach Him with an attitude of fasting, humility and sorrow for sins.
Turn to the Lord with a broken heart for the Lord is merciful, gracious and kind. A contrite heart is willing to learn and be newly formed in the hands of the Lord. It is easy to give your soul to a God who is merciful, gracious, slow to anger and is greatly kind. I am not afriad of being hurt, shamed or criticized. The Lord will kindly and patiently direct me to the changes that are needed in order to be the person He wants me to be.

Healing the Heart

"He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them."
John 12:40

The correlation found in this scripture is helpful for me to understand. A hardened heart and blindness to the truth are conditions for failure to true understanding and conversion. In other words, understanding with the heart leads to true conversion or change. And true change or conversion allows my savior to heal me. The implications of being healed are so great! I would do anything to be healed, not physically but spiritually.

"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up thier wounds." Psalms 147:3

He heals the broken heart! The pains from within that cannot be seen on the outside, are mended through personal conversion. This kind of conversion or realignment of direction is meant to occur often, maybe even daily. I have great control over the healing process. By my actions I determine whether or not the savior will be allowed to heal me.