Yeah! Choir has started up again in our ward, and we went to our first practice today. The song we spent the most time on is a Mack Wilberg arrangement of "I Believe in Christ" (like the one the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings)." I've always liked this song, but today I have decided it is now my current favorite hymn.
A couple lines from the last verse really spoke to me today...
I believe in Christ; he stands supreme!
From him I'll gain my fondest dream;
And while I strive through grief and pain,
His voice is heard: "Ye shall obtain."
I believe in Christ; so come what may,
With him I'll stand in that great day
When on this earth he comes again
To rule among the sons of men.
As we sang "From him I'll gain my fondest dream," I thought of being together with my loved ones forever, being filled with true joy (the kind that spills out like light, or the phrase, "my cup runneth o'er"), and being with my Heavenly family again too. It was all of those wrapped up in a moment of feeling, and a slight flash of image.
Then we moved to the next lines: "And while I strive through grief and pain, His voice is heard: 'Ye shall obtain.'" This is where I felt the spirit testify to me the most. Here on the earth there are so many distractions, trials, and things that would otherwise discourage us or make us doubt, or even lose focus of our eternal goals and potential. What a message of hope, what a great blessing it is, that the Lord truly does whisper repeatedly to us "ye shall obtain." It is possible, and it will happen through Him. How sweet it is to hear His voice reaffirm that to us! I am so grateful that our Father provided a plan for us, and that our Savior stepped up to make it possible. I feel so loved when I remember these great truths I've known all my life. I feel like singing as strongly as I can, "I believe in Christ; so come what may, With him I'll stand in that great day!"
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