Some more quick musings from church yesterday – definitely Gospel
according to Deb and more food for thought than anything else. Definitely not thoughts that are intended to represent the church or its doctrine.
While the Sacrament was being blessed and passed I thought
of how symbolic it all is at a level I hadn’t appreciated before. The
priesthood blessed it and passed it in symbolism of Christ blessing and passing
it (which is pretty significant and amazing in itself). In each row though the
members passed and shared it among each other.
Isn’t that a beautiful and powerful symbol of how the Lord’s
gift of the Atonement works in each of our lives? He is the source of the
blessing and sanctifying but we all help share that with each other, sometimes
we receive directly from the Holy Spirit but many times that Spirit comes to us
through the offerings and service of loved ones, friends, teachers, and others that Heavenly Father has
given us. Everyone takes turns receiving and sharing. It’s also done in a very
quiet and personal hand to hand and one by one way.
I think that so often it’s too easy to get caught up in the
repetition and forget the simple symbolic beauty of so much of our worship. It
was a good reminder for me to really think about what’s going on and take some
time to ponder what God is trying to teach us.
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