"Jesus sought me when a stranger wandering from the fold of God, he to rescue me from danger interposed his precious blood" ..this is one of my favourite lines from one of my favourite songs/hymns Come Thou Fount. (I am actually a little bit sad that it is no longer in our hymn book!)
I love it because it reminds me of the atonement of Christ and the reasons why the atonement was needed!!!!! ..Jesus Christ died and "interposed his precious blood" not only to allow me, you and everyone to be resurrected but also to allow us to be rescued from the danger of sin and to return home to our heavenly father, to be able to live with him again, IF we are faithful , worthy and keep his commandments!!! What a wonderful gift and a beautiful promise!!!
The atonement of the saviour is something we have talked about a lot in my house recently. For those people who don't know me very well I come from a part member family and the part of my family that is a member is, for the most part, inactive. Over the past few weeks, I have been practising sharing the gospel and talking about the principles and ordinances with my Dad!!! At the beginning of our little chats and mini lessons I have to say he was not overly enthusiastic , especially when on one occasion listening to me discuss how faith leads to baptism caused him to miss Holland score a goal during the world cup! However, as our lessons and chats progressed something changed and something wonderful happened, my Dad started to enjoy our chats!!! I would love to take credit for this change of heart and say that it was because of my wonderful teaching skills but I know that it was all down to Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost!!!
During one of our chats I recieved one of the greatest gifts my Dad could ever give me. Something I have wanted for years and honestly thought I would never get. I got to hear him bear his testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the truthfulness of the book of mormon. I had the privilage and the honor of hearing him tell me,with tears in his eyes, how much he loves his saviour and how he knows that his saviour loves him because just as the song lyrics say he interposed his precious blood for him so that all of his mistakes and his short comings can be taken away and he can be made clean again.
Today I got to see my dad at church, partaking of the sacrament, remembering and renewing his convanats. What a blessing and a privilage that was.
Hearing my fathers testimony has only stengthened my own testimony of the atonement of Christ and I am truly thankful for the wonderful and remarkable gift that it is. I don't think I will ever or can ever fully understand or comprehend just what the saviour did for me , but I do know that on days like today, when my heart is so filled with love and the spirit ,I feel truly blessed because of all the things the atonement brings to my life and the ways in which it blesses me everyday.I love my heavenly father with all my heart and I look forward to giving my heart to him and serving him.
THE BOOK IS BLUE THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!
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