From Ardeth G. Kapp: When time stands still and the veil seems very thin, questions flood into our minds. “He did all that for me, though he didn’t have to? But he did! Whatever he asks of us, is it too much? Maybe it is not enough. Surely it is not enough.” In the silence of our hearts, we feel a burning conviction, a personal testimony that he did that for us. And then the awesome thought, “What if, just what if he paid the awesome price for me, to redeem me, to save me, to be my personal Savior, and that price was paid in vain in my behalf because in my life I choose not to do my part?”
What is our part? How do we express our gratitude? How do we always remember and never forget? It is the sacrament, the holy priesthood ordinance, that helps remind us of our Savior’s atonement and our sacred covenants. It is a precious and sacred reminder not just on Sunday, but on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, spring, summer and fall, when we are on the mountain peaks of our lives but maybe even more so in the valleys. It is often in the valleys with our afflictions that we are truly humble and better prepared to remember the gift of eternal life for which he paid the price—those times when we feel least worthy, least comfortable about carrying his holy name, and even a keener sense of our imperfections, those moments when the flesh is weak and our spirits suffer disappointment for our errors and our sins. We might feel a sense of withdrawal, a pulling away, a feeling to set aside for a time at least that divine relationship with the Savior until we are more worthy. But at that very moment even in our unworthiness, the offer is again given unto us to accept the great gift of the Atonement—even before we change. When we feel the need to pull away, let us reach out to him. Instead of feeling the need to resist, let us submit to his will. Let us bend our will as well as our knees in humble supplication. ~ Ardeth G. Kapp, The Gift of the Atonement (Salt Lake City, Deseret Book, 2002), 118
