“He wept – He who had descended below all
things, the Man of Sorrows, He who bore all our griefs. The height of His
infinite capacity for joy is the inverse, mirror image of the depth of His
capacity to bear our burdens. So it is with the enlarged caverns of feeling
within our own hearts; as the sorrows of our lives carve and stretch those
caverns, they expand our soul’s capacity for joy. Then, when the Man of Sorrows
turns our bitter tastes to sweet, our joy – and His – will fill the widened
chambers of our hearts with what the scriptures call ‘fulness’. That is when we
have accepted His Atonement and love with such completeness that His purpose
for us is fully satisfied. Then will we know that we were made for this. Then
will we know where, and why, and to whom, we belong.”
(Bruce C. Hafen, The Belonging Heart, p
315)
I stand amazed
That You would reside
In the deepest caverns of my heart
And consider me worthy of such esteem.
I want to worship at Your feet
And let it end never;
I want to keep the flame of love burning
And joy in it forever.
- CATHRYNE ALLEN
(Art: Then Sings My Soul by LDS Art)
