Samantha/Power of Sacrifice

Last night Samantha was working on some school work at the desk next to me. She turned to me and said, "When I get married I am going to get married in the temple to a returned missionary who doesn't laugh at me and won't make fun of me when I break my bones." She then smiled her beautiful smile with her cute dimple showing. I commented on her cute dimple and she said, "I tell my friends that a dimple is where an angel kissed you." It was nice to have some sweet exchanges with my daughter.

From this moment I learned that some of the things I am teaching her are sticking, like get married in the temple to a returned missionary. I also learned where she is vulnerable, being made fun of and having accidents that cause her pain physically and emotionally. I also learned that she feels special because of who she is and that she has been touched by angels.

The Infinite Atonement (Illustrated Edition) Tad R. Callistar

Pg. 227--". . . the Savior is anxious that the Atonement make us better. He must be gavly disappointed if people mearly acknowledge his Atonement as a magnificent sacrifice to be viewed in awe, but with no thought of change. The atoning sacrifice was designed to motivate us, to draw us to him, to lift us to higher ground, and ultimatlely to assist us in becoming as he is."

I am really enjoying studying this book. I feel like I am learning so much. I learned in this last chapter of the power of sacrifice. How Mohandas Gandhi's sacrifice of fasting brought peace to a nation, how the Anti-Nephi-Lehi's sacrifice as they bowed before the Lord in submission of the Lamanites coming at them to war brought hundreds to repentance. I learned how our Savior's sacrifice brings us the peace we need in this wicked world and should motivate us to follow Him and receive Eternal Life.

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