Yesterday at church we had the weirdest sacrament meeting. Most of the members arrived like 10 minutes late, and a little kid was running around in the pulpit area during sacrament and no one was grabbing him. He started hitting the notes on the piano while my comp was playing the sacrament hymn. So it was wild, it got me thinking about why we sing on the reuniones sacrementales. Is it just for fun? Or did Jesus say so? So I studied it and sure enough, it is because Jesus said we should. There is a lot of stuff about it but here are some things that I liked:
Worship through Music (Dallin H. Oaks)
"The singing of hymns is one of the best ways to learn the doctrine of the restored gospel."
and
"As we sang together, the Spirit of the Lord descended upon us, and we were made ready for prayer."
Songs are super powerful! They are prayers and they help us learn and feel the spirit, but only if they are fire songs. Y'all know that I love music and there are a lot of songs that are not welcoming to the spirit. So if anyone reading this who is not a missionary, try a one-week Enya fast as Tyler so wisely taught. I think it'll be a good experience for y'all.
This week we taught our amigo codenamed, João, about repentance using Alma 36. It was so good. He is a tough dude but the Spirit of God is a lil tougher so when he felt it he got teary and he had a moment of realization of the things he had done wrong and he knew exactly what he needed to do...pray for repentance. And he did. The next day (was a Saturday) and he pulled up to the church unannounced with a white shirt and a tie. He pulled up with the sole reason to pray with us. So we prayed together then he left and came to church the next day. this week João taught me that repentance is real and joyful! Have a great week mandem! Ciao
Love,
Elder Ditto
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