Sunday is a Special Day

I always like to think of Sunday as the start if the week, not Monday, but Sunday. I think partly because of Sacrament meeting. Going to church for 3 hours sounds like hell but it really is refreshing. One of my goals is to forget about my worldly worries and focus on the Savior and His teachings. Today during the meeting a (very cute) missionary gave a talk about the resurrection and atonement. I enjoyed it very much and especially liked the story he got from President Faust's talk in 2002 Liahona:

Some years ago, President Gordon B. Hinckley told “something of a parable” about “a one room school house in the mountains of Virginia where the boys were so rough no teacher had been able to handle them.

“Then one day an inexperienced young teacher applied. He was told that every teacher had received an awful beating, but the teacher accepted the risk. The first day of school the teacher asked the boys to establish their own rules and the penalty for breaking the rules. The class came up with 10 rules, which were written on the blackboard. Then the teacher asked, ‘What shall we do with one who breaks the rules?’

“ ‘Beat him across the back ten times without his coat on,’ came the response.

“A day or so later, … the lunch of a big student, named Tom, was stolen. ‘The thief was located—a little hungry fellow, about ten years old.’

“As Little Jim came up to take his licking, he pleaded to keep his coat on. ‘Take your coat off,’ the teacher said. ‘You helped make the rules!’

“The boy took off the coat. He had no shirt and revealed a bony little crippled body. As the teacher hesitated with the rod, Big Tom jumped to his feet and volunteered to take the boy’s licking.

“ ‘Very well, there is a certain law that one can become a substitute for another. Are you all agreed?’ the teacher asked.

“After five strokes across Tom’s back, the rod broke. The class was sobbing. ‘Little Jim had reached up and caught Tom with both arms around his neck. “Tom, I’m sorry that I stole your lunch, but I was awful hungry. Tom, I will love you till I die for taking my licking for me! Yes, I will love you forever!”

This simply story shows what Christ has done for us. He took the punishment for something he didn't do and continues to take it. This story always makes me cry when I hear it. I just love my Savior so much and am grateful for everything he has done and continues to do. The atonement is the single thing that we cannot ever truly understand. It is such a powerful gift and is everlasting.

Going back to earlier today; I made pancakes!!!

mhmmm pancakes!


its been awhile since i have normal colored pancakes!!

Well this week is going to be full of nothing too exciting. Just looking for a new job and helping my mom with things around the house. Oh and school starts this week. eeekkk.