Elder Taylor G. Godoy shares a story of a child who had a rare condition that made it so his life would be cut short. The day before he passed away he said the words “one more day” at two separate occasions. Elder Godoy goes on to encourage us to live our lives with more purpose and more sacrifices as if we too only had “ one more day”.
I wonder what it would mean, what effect it would have in my life to know that I had only one more day to live. How would I treat my wife, my children, and others? How patient and polite would I be? How would I take care of my body? How fervently would I pray and search the scriptures? I think that, in one way or another, we all at some point will have a “one more day” realization–a realization that we must use wisely the time we have.
Personal sacrifice drives our actions, our commitments, and our covenants and gives sacred things meaning.
sacrifices we make for others, and that others make for us, result in blessings for all.
As we honor and are grateful for His sacrifice, we can receive in a great measure the intense desire to be better children of God, to stay away from sin, and to keep covenants like never before.
It is my prayer that we follow Him, that we believe Him, that we love Him, and that we feel the love demonstrated by His sacrifice every time we have the opportunity to live one more day. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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