My first semester of college at BYU-Idaho our final in Music Theory was to compose and original hymn. While deciding what it should be about, I was struck by a quote that was shared in my Book of Mormon class. (Boyd K. Packer "The Brilliant Morning of Forgiveness", 1995 Oct. conference)

"The thought that rescued Alma, when he acted upon it, is this: Restoring what you cannot restore, healing the wound you cannot heal, fixing that which you broke and you cannot fix is the very purpose of the atonement of Christ.

When your desire is firm and you are willing to pay the “uttermost farthing,”¹⁶ the law of restitution is suspended. Your obligation is transferred to the Lord. He will settle your accounts.

I repeat, save for the exception of the very few who defect to perdition, there is no habit, no addiction, no rebellion, no transgression, no apostasy, no crime exempted from the promise of complete forgiveness. That is the promise of the atonement of Christ."

I composed my hymn and thought little of it until years later, when the church announced it was accepting submissions for new hymns, I decided to dust off my old school project. I changed a few things and added more verses than the original version because my testimony of the Atonement had grown since that first year of college and I had more I wanted to share more of my Love of the Atonement as well as an added focus on the power of covenants, as emphasized by President Nelson.