Overwhelmed

Today was an emotional day. I just had the most incredible urge to cry. In sacrament meeting, every speaker, every song, seemed to shatter my thoughts and bring tears to my eyes. I can't get over how much the spirit touches me and whispers sweet things in my ears.

Brother Picket said that if there was no bitterness to touch the Earth, we would not know what sweetness is. A quote from a movie stated, without suffering, there would be no compassion. How true it is!

I have been listening to Audio Books on the way to work for the past week and one I listened to is "Charly". There was another line that touched me and it was, "Just remember this, the Church is perfect, but the people may not always be. If they were, they wouldn't be there."

My sister was having a hard time at the church she was going to in 2006. A lot of people whispered behind her back because of some bad choices she made (We have all made some at that age). They murmured and judged her, not always being discreet. When I asked if she was still attending church, she told me no and she explained why. That really hurt me, that in a place she should be embraced and her fellowship members (I believe) should have been helping her, they casted her out and made their candles brighter by blowing hers out.

While preparing to go home for Christmas, I planned to wrap up a Book of Mormon to give to her. I prayed for the help to find a scripture that would put her to ease. That is where one of my favorite scriptures came from. Before wrapping the book, I blindly flipped open the book and averted my eyes from it and pointed....this is what I found in 1 Nephi 8:27. "And it was filled with people, both young and old, both male and female: and their manner of dress was exceedingly fine: and they were in the attitude of mocking and pointing their fingers towards those who had come at and were partaking of the fruit."

To me, this meant that those who did not know the truth (Partaken of the fruit) judged others, those who knew the truth knew better than to judge. There is only one judge, no man is Him.

That moment helped to fortify my testimony.

Regardless of what "religion", I think that everyone feels that Communion/Sacrament is important.

Holy Communion

noun

the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation"

Holy Sacrament

noun

a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine [syn: Holy Eucharist]

Every Sunday I attend Sacrament meeting. There, I can renew my Covenants that I made when I was Baptized on a beautiful Saturday morning (Before the Ohio/Michigan football game) in August 2006.

I was talking to one of my very best friends and she said that she was not allowed at her church to take communion. That made me very sad.

To me, church is where you go to feel good, to celebrate the love our Heavenly Father has for us. I have a church family that looks out for one another and they help each other in need and members don't have to feel alone. We have the Priesthood and Relief Society to take care of those in need.

I have not always been the most devout. I have my flaws like anyone else, but I love the way I feel when I am at church. The more I think about how emotional I was today, I think about how blessed my life really is.