Every Tuesday/Thursday night I find myself on the Front Runner not really making a very good use of my time coming home from my 7:40 p.m. class in Salt Lake. But tonight I made a good use of my time reading your posts. It always feels great to get a good spiritual boost in for the day!
I love you guys.
For my week i spent a lot of my personal study contemplating the baptismal covenant. Something i learned was the word baptism in Greek means to immerse or to dip. Thus, baptism is not baptism if one is sprinkled with water. We put our whole bodies into the water. Not even a toe can come out. I thought about the Greek myth Achilles. Achilles was left vulnerable, as he was dipped all except his heel. When we are baptized we are completely covered in water and make a covenant to serve the Lord with all of our hearts, might, mind, and strength...basically our whole body. The Savior gave His whole body for us, blood and all. What more do we have if we give our whole body? And in return we are promised that His Holy Spirit will always be with us. Our whole body can be filled with His light and His love. No wonder no man can serve two masters. We can't split up our body. We can't keep just part of our covenants. If we do, we are leaving ourselves exposed to Satan who looks for those chinks in our armor. When I think about how baptism last just a few seconds, but the eternal effects it has, it makes me realize how every moment of our lives matter. We must keep ourselves fully engaged in keeping our covenants. I know we will be blessed eternally for our service-serving with all of our heart, might, mind, and strength.
Dude, I love this. I never thought of the symbolism that way... our WHOLE body being dunked... we are ALL IN. That's a really cool way to think about it. Thanks for sharing.
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