I regret to say that sometimes I
get lost in repetition and forget the meaning behind the job of blessing and
preparing the sacrament. Fortunately, through the lessons taught in my Sunday
school class, the examples set by my fellow Priesthood holders, personal
revelation, and even the hymns the congregation sings, I am able to recognize
my mistake of taking the sacrament for granted. As Brother Wright bore his
testimony this past Sunday he reminded me of just what sacrament really is, a
special time in which we can become renewed by the atonement of jesus Christ.
It really is a privilege to say that I am worthy to perform such an essential
task.
“This is
my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.... This cup is
the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you”
-Luke 22:19-20
As I perform my duty of
administering the sacrament and truly focus on what was done to allow me this
opportunity, the sacrifice that was made for us so that we may be made clean
again, I feel the spirit very much so within me. I experience a joy and peace
passing the sacrament that I am not able to feel at any other time. I testify
that staying worthy brings rich blessings and that if we partake of the
sacrament and do as Christ said and "do this in remembrance of me"
then we will enjoy the companionship of the Spirit of the Lord and the
ministering of angels.
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