You can change anything you want to change and you can do it very fast. That’s another Satanic deception that it takes years and years to repent. It takes exactly as long to repent as it takes you to say, “I’ll change”–and mean it. Of course there will be problems to work out and restitutions to make. You may well spend–indeed you had better spend–the rest of your life proving your repentance is genuine by its permanence. But change, growth, renewal, repentance can come for you as instantaneously as it did for Alma and the Sons of Mosiah. Even if you have serious amends to make, it is not likely that you would qualify for the term “the vilest of sinners” (Mosiah 28:4) which is Mormon’s phrase in describing these young men. Yet as Alma recounts his own experience in the 36th chapter of Alma [Alma 36] it appears to have been as instantaneous as it was stunning.
Do not misunderstand. Repentance is not easy or painless or convenient. It is a bitter cup from hell. But only Satan who dwells there would have you think that the necessary and temporary discomfort of acknowledging your sins is more distasteful than permanent residence there. Only he would say, “You can’t change. You won’t change. It’s too long and too hard to change. Give up. Give in. Don’t repent. You are just the way you are.” That, my friends, is a lie which comes from desperation. Don’t believe it.
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Hi, I’m Amber Sessions. Welcome to Reclaimed Wholeness.
This space was born from a sacred wrestle, a time in my life when I was doing all the things I had been taught to do: praying, fasting, seeking priesthood blessings, clinging to faith with everything I had. And I still believe in those things with my whole heart. They work. They matter. They are foundational.
But in one particularly heart-wrenching season, I also felt prompted to seek deeper understanding and tools that could support the healing process in ways I hadn’t explored before. That journey opened the door to learning about how the spirit, mind, body, and heart are connected in profound and beautiful ways.
Reclaimed Wholeness was created to hold space for those of us who are walking that same path, faithful, seeking, and wondering what else God may be inviting us to discover. Through spiritual intuitive mentoring, I offer a blend of tools like Human Design, Gene Keys, Aura Personalities, and more…but always centered in truth, guided by the Spirit, and grounded in faith.
I believe in miracles. I believe in divine timing. And I believe that wholeness is not about fixing what’s broken, but remembering what’s always been true: that you are a child of God with divine purpose, worth, and light.
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