SELF-SACRIFICE

 

SELF-SACRIFICE:

“The Saviour said He would no longer accept burnt offerings of animals. The gift or sacrifice He will accept now is a ‘broken heart and a contrite spirit’ (3 Nephi 9:20). You can offer the Lord the gift of your broken or repentant heart and your contrite, or obedient, spirit.

“In reality, it is the gift of yourself – what you are and what you are becoming. Is there something in you or in your life that is impure or unworthy? When you get rid of it, that is a gift to the Saviour. Is there a good habit or quality that is lacking in your life? When you adopt it and make it part of your character, you are giving a gift to the Lord.”

- Elder D. Todd Christofferson, in CR April 2004, Ensign May 2004, p 12

All that is unspoken
And all that is unseen
In the depths of my soul
I long to give.

All that you ask I place
On the altar of sacrifice.
All that I feel
And all that I am
I am willing to give.

I give You my all
Because a heart can give no more.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN

(Art: For God So Loved the World by Jay Bryant Ward)