Me Thinks

Did you read the First Presidency message in the Ensign this month?  This message really made an impression on me.  President Eyring talks about the word remember and he suggests that we try to remember three things while partaking of the sacrament each Sunday. The first and second things he suggested were important and predictable.  We are to remember the Savior (how He lived and the great price He paid), and we are to remember what we need to do better. It seems that each Sunday I come to sacrament meeting symbolically in sackcloth and ashes because I am well aware of the mistakes I have made. I have fallen short yet again and I am very aware of it.

President Eyring then mentioned a third thing that he suggests we remember as we take the sacrament.  We are to remember the progress we are making.  This suggestion surprised me.  I have never thought about things I have done right during the sacrament, only the things I have done wrong.  I thought, "Is this really OK?  Should I try it?" Because President Eyring suggested I do this, I tried it.  During the hymn and the administration of the sacrament I thought about the Savior, I went over things I regretted--words and actions I needed to repent of, and then I let myself think, just for a few minutes, about the things I had done right last week.  Those three things settled me and filled me with a desire to keep trying, keep taking steps forward and continuing in a brightness of hope.