I LOVE this one. So very much. It explains our individual worth, the power of the Atonement, and all sorts of great things. I could talk about this one forever. Please read it and love it. And think about it, there is so much in this section from the Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith. I seriously think there is a lot of depth and it helps me understand a ton.
http://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-joseph-fielding-smith/chapter-3-the-plan-of-salvation?lang=eng (Joseph Fielding Smith manual page 64)
"Let us illustrate: A man walking along the road happens to
fall into a pit so deep and dark that he cannot climb to the surface and regain
his freedom. How can he save himself from his predicament? Not by any exertions
on his own part, for there is no means of escape in the pit. He calls for help,
and some kindly disposed soul, hearing his cries for relief, hastens to his
assistance and by lowering a ladder, gives to him the means by which he may
climb again to the surface of the earth. This was precisely the condition that
Adam placed himself and his posterity in, when he partook of the forbidden
fruit. All being together in the pit, none could gain the surface and relieve
the others. The pit was banishment from the presence of the Lord and temporal
death, the dissolution of the body. And all being subject to death, none could
provide the means of escape.
"The Savior comes along, not subject to that pit, and lowers
the ladder. He comes down into the pit and makes it possible for us to use the
ladder to escape.
"In his infinite mercy, the Father heard the cries of his
children and sent his Only Begotten Son, who was not subject to death nor to
sin, to provide the means of escape. This he did through his infinite atonement
and the everlasting gospel."
