Sabbath Devotional :: The Beings I Love Are Creatures
This week’s devotional comes from Kate Holbrook, a beloved historian of Latter-day Saint women who passed away last week. It is a sermon she gave when she was moving away from Boston to Utah. I love her reminder that the fallenness of the world, our imperfection and fragility, are not only cause for sorrow, but also occasions for grace.
“Our fragility is not a reason for us to despise each other, but it is the reason we must love each other, forgive each other, cling to each other. In this world of injustice, inadequacy and impermanence, I testify that Jesus lives, that He heals us, that He visits us in His grace. His atonement is enough to compensate for our struggle and our pain.”
“While He lived, Jesus established a pattern of moment-making. He commanded His disciples to write the story of the woman who anointed Him with spikenard. There was only one last supper, but we remember it every week when we take the sacrament; our attention to this one evening when Jesus broke bread for and drank with His disciples brings Him to us weekly in a real and tangible way. I rely on the sacrament for weekly spiritual rejuvenation and orientation. In February, and March, and April, I rely on the memory of impossible springtime blossoms; and in Utah, I will depend on memories of the moments I have shared with you. The fact of them, that you and I took the trouble to create them, brings me pleasure and meaning. The memory of them will strengthen me and bring you to me. I believe that Christ’s love, which binds us to Him and helps us to discern goodness from pollution, is that same love that binds us to each other.”
Read the full sermon here: https://www.dialoguejournal.com/…/the-beings-i-love…/
The author of this post is Kate Holbrook, historian. It is shared with us by Kristine Haglund, senior director of the faithful root at Mormon Women for Ethical Government.
