“I listened as Brenda poured out her concerns:
“’I can’t do it all. I can’t be the perfect mother, the perfect wife, the perfect Church leader, the perfect citizen. I’m tired. In fact, I’m worn out. I tell you, I just can’t do it all!’”
Who hasn’t sometimes—or frequently—felt the same way?
In this perceptive and inspirational book, Robert L. Millet examines the human condition and concedes that none of us can “do it all.”
Our strength is finite, our emotional reserves are limited, and the world and sin grind us down.
Our hope, he explains, is found in the strength of Jesus Christ, whose atonement not only provided escape from death and sin but also remedies all of our deficiencies, whether physical, emotional, or spiritual:
“There is power in Christ, power not only to create the worlds and calm the seas but also to still the storms of the human heart, to heal the pain of scarred and beaten souls.
“We must learn to work to our limits and then be willing to seek that grace, or enabling power, that will make up the difference, that consummate power that indeed makes all the difference.”
Brother Millet cites examples from the scripture and the writings of the prophets as well as form his career as a teacher and Church leader to show us in real-life terms the strengths the Savior can bestow upon us.
The assurance we are given is that by relying wholly on the merits, mercy, and grace of Christ, we can achieve the condition we all desire—to be truly “steadfast and immovable.”
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