The Broken Heart: Applying the Atonement to Life’s Experiences

The Savior taught that he came to earth in part to “heal the brokenhearted.” The Broken Heart begins with the assumption that life is a learning laboratory. In order to learn, we undergo experiences that subject us to sorrow and contamination. Elder Bruce C. Hafen offers hope by teaching that the Savior’s victory can compensate not only for our sins, “but also for our inadequacies; not only for our deliberate mistakes, but also for sin committed in ignorance, our errors of judgment, and our unavoidable imperfections.” The Broken Heart shows how the Atonement is the ultimate source of our forgiveness, our perfection, our peace of mind.