“[I] can repent… [I] can be filled with joy” – Dale G. Renlund

The fact that we can repent is the good news of the gospel!^{Bible Dictionary, “Gospels.”} Guilt can be “swept away.”^{Enos 1:6} We can be filled with joy, receive a remission of our sins, and have “peace of conscience.”^{Mosiah 4:3} We can be freed from feelings of despair and the bondage of sin. We can be filled with the marvelous light of God and be “pained no more.”^{Mosiah 27:29} Repentance is not only possible but also joyful because of our Savior. I still remember the feelings that washed over me in the branch president’s office after the firecracker episode. I knew I had been forgiven. My feelings of guilt vanished, my gloomy mood lifted, and my heart felt light.

Elder Dale G. Renlund