What we have in common with wood floors

Have you ever made the connection between Moroni 10:32-33 and Ether 12:27. I just made that connection today along with another connection to the house project. Like most projects we as human beings have imperfections that need to be repaired and patched so that we can endure the weathering that comes in this life. Though we all try our best to be perfect, unexpected imperfections develop as Satan seeks to find our weaknesses and exploit them. With the detail that a homeowner looks at a freshly stained floor, Satan looks at our lives and finds our imperfections. He finds the squeaks and the cracks, and unlike the homeowner who seeks to work on these imperfections, he exploits them and seeks to make them bigger and more noticeable. This is why the Atonement is so essential for each of us. The Lord is like the good homeowner who finds the cracks and squeaks and works at them until they are gone. With his help perfection is achievable. Not only does Christ help us fix our flaws, but he helps us to recognize additional flaws and fix them. With his help Satan loses his power as we eventually become perfected in Christ.
When we come unto Christ he will show us our weaknesses and then will help us make the former weaknesses strong. His arm can serve as the puddy in our lives to fix the minor character flaws that are not in line with our natures as children of God. He can serve as the liquid nails and shims to remove personal challenges that we have been trying to ignore for many years. Like a beautiful wood floor that once had squeaky spots that needed reinforcing and holes that needed filling, we too have cracks and squeaks in our lives that need fixing. That is why the atonement is so important and so individual. He works with us individually case by case until we have every imperfection removed and we are perfected. Regardless of the position we are in or the challenges we face, Christ is the willing worker who can make our weaknesses be strong through him.