Guds Lamm
I'm going to attempt to recount a most magical and spiritual week in the five minutes I have right now...
Passover-- this was beautiful. Wasn't quite the same as the ones of my childhood in our costumes at Jana's house, but we sure tried!
we sat in our tent and ate bread and fruit and talked about the beauty of the message of Easter and I pretended to be a seminary student and syster Williams expounded the scriptures to me. It was really really wonderful.
We had the most chaotic six person lesson after we met the teeny tiniest little old lady on the way to the church, where we were meeting two young middle eastern dudes and a member. We read in the Book of Mormon altogether and it was hilarious and awesome!
President Lake let us watch Lamb of God as a mission at our request. I love it so much.
I am so moved by Peter's song of devotion before his denial of Christ. He sings "I'll go with thee to prison if thou asketh it of me-- yes, I would die with thee, yet will not I deny thee."
While Lamb of God isn't all scripture-- I think Peter really did mean this. Then after denying the Christ, he realizes what he has done and weeps bitterly.
I think we've all had moments where we would sing that, with as much gusto as Casey Elliot does-- and then have moments where we don't measure up, and fall short, and don't involve Christ as much as we should..
The message of easter is that we get to try again! Beautifully, mercifully, He forgives our thoughtless denial of Him, whatever it looks like. And lets us try again.
I am so grateful for that. That in my moments of "weeping bitterly" in regret, I get to remember that that is what the Atonement is there for.
I love you all!
Syster Barn
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