Wednesday, June 23, 2010

No more organ!!

I finally got a calling that doesn't include playing music - I got called as the Relief Society Secretary. I was really surprised when the Bishop asked me, as I figured that I would be playing the piano in church for the rest of my life (I guess it helps that I didn't advertise that I can play). I am really excited. We have such a great ward here and such a wonderful group of ladies and I'm excited to get to know them better.

We had a great lesson in Relief Society this past Sunday on the Atonement and the teacher shared a poem that had us all in tears, so I thought that I would post it...you guys might enjoy it. It's amazing to think that if I were the only person on this earth that Jesus would have still died for me, and that goes for each and every one of us.

The price He paid
Author Unknown

Is a rich man worth more than a poor man?
Is a stranger worth less than a friend?
Is a baby worth more than an old man?
Your beginning worth more than your end?
Is a president worth more than his assassin?
Does your value decrease with your crime?
Like when Christ took the place of Barabas,
Would you say he was wasting his time?

Well, how much do you think you are worth boy?
Will anyone stand up and say?
Would you say that a man is worth nothing
Until someone is willing to pay?

I suppose that you think that you matter.
Well how much do you matter . . . to whom?
It's much easier at night, when with friends and bright lights,
Than much later alone in your room.
Do you think they'll miss one in a billion?
When you finish this old human race.
Does it really make much of a difference
When your friends have forgotten your face?

If you heard that your life had been valued,
That a price had been paid on the nail,
Would you ask what was traded?
How much? And who paid it?
Who was he? And what was his name?
If you heard his name was called Jesus,
Would you say that the price was too dear?
Held to the cross, not by nails, but by love.
It was you who broke his heart, not the spear.
Would you say you were worth what it cost him?
You say No? But the price stays the same.
If it doesn't make you cry, laugh it off, pass Him by.
But remember the day when you throw it away,
That He paid what He thought you were worth.

How much do you think HE is worth boy?
Will anyone stand up and say?
Tell me, what are you willing to give HIM
In return for the price that HE paid?

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