September 28, 2003
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Well It’s Fast Sunday, so that means we share our testimonies . . .
You know it’s fast Sunday when you think about food during the Sacrament.
I’ve had the opportunity to have many discussions with my World Religions teacher at school over the past few weeks as I’ve studied sacred architecture with him. One of the things we talked about was how religion is like a box of chocolates.* There are so many different forms of chocolate, but each one is delicious in its own way.
I am so grateful for the rasbery truffle that is the eternal family. What other church has that? I am so grateful for the white chocolate of temple worship, and the creamy butter cream chocolate of contemporay revelation. I love the honey almond truffle, the Book of Mormon. What other boxes have that one?
I am grateful for the dark chocolate that represents a knowledge of the adversary. I am grateful for the coconut filling that teaches us how to doge the his cunning snares, and I am grateful for the chocolate covered cherries that represent a knowledge of the Savior, and the semisweet ones that teach us of repentence. Let’s not forget about the custard filled chocolates of prayer, or the delicious turtles of fasting.
I am grateful for the priesthood chocolates, for the one with the carmel and nuts, our Bishops. I am grateful for the gold foil of authority that wraps so many gourmet blessings. I am grateful for the 15 truffles sustained as prophets, seers, and revelators. I am grateful for the covered strawberries of patriachal blessings.
There aren’t enough chocolates to describe the blessings we have, so I will end with the chocolate that is the most delcious of them all: the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for that eternal sacrifice, and the effect it has in my life.
I am glad that I know who I am, and who I was before I was born. It is that knowledge that gives me the curage to be who I want to be today. I leave that testimony with you in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
*note: I actually started the analogy with Mr. Twadell as a box of crayons, but being fast Sunday, a box of chocolates came easier to mind.
Comments (4)
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