Today as I sat in our Sacrament meeting, I had the opportunity to reflect on the ordinance of partaking of the bread (His body), and the water (His blood). I thought of our Savior, whose body was so brutally beaten, then was hung on the cross to die. Through His death we were given the great blessing of the resurrection.
I recalled when I was young, an experience where I had stolen some candy from a school store. I felt very guilty later and eventually confessed to my parents what I had done. I felt awful. I was taken to the store, by my mother, and told the person in charge of my actions, paid for the stolen candy, and apologized for my actions. Afterwards, however, I knew that I had done the right thing and felt better.
I thought about our Savior, who without sin, was in the garden of Gethsemane paying the price for all of our sins. The awful way I felt after doing something wrong would have been magnified a gazillion times over for all of the sins the people who lived and will live on the earth! His suffering caused even the Son of God to bleed from every pore!
My heart fills with love and gratitude that He lived, suffered, and died for me and for all mankind! I am so grateful that I get to think of Him, and renew my commitment to Him each and every Sunday as I partake in the ordinance of the Sacrament.
Submitted by: Lee Tanner
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