Hello family and friends!
Well, I would like to share a
thought that touched me greatly this week. One day this week, I was looking at
a picture of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon when He came to the Americas
and showed the people the wounds in His hands. I was reflecting upon this... and
thought if He had a perfect body why are the wounds in His hands?
It was a thought that slipped
my mind and then I melted when I read across 1 Nephi 21:14-16. In this chapter
Nephi is telling his people of the Savior and His atonement:
"14 But, behold, Zion
hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me--but he
will show that he hath not.
15 For can a woman forget
her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.
16 Behold, I have graven
thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me."
I found great comfort to know
that the marks in His hands are specifically there for a reason not only to
show as a witness what He did for us but because He cannot forget us as we
journey through life. I testify that He knows each and every one of us and
understands fully what we are going through in our lives. Only He can heal,
clean, and purify us. That is something I wanted to share with you this week.
I hope you have a wonderful
and productive week of work and callings!
Much love…Besitos y abrazos
-Hermana Arce
