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MARCH 3-9: Learn of Me
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Come Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants 19
Have you ever been to a spa resort and enjoyed the full treatment offered? The minimal indulgences I’ve had have taught me one thing: The problem with a good massage is that it comes to an end. I need another one.
Imagine the spa with me: It has a reputation for being high-priced, exclusive. But I’ve got a ticket in hand – ‘an invitation’ it says. I’m a bit nervous at the door – unsure that I’m dressed right, or will be welcomed in. Yet it is the master of the spa himself who greets me in a full embrace, overjoyed that I would accept his invitation.
“Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms of mercy are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I will receive you.” Alma 5:33
Paying no heed to my filth – but to my potential – I am introduced into a place of serenity and peace. Many others gather me in with cheerful service and guidance. Of course, I hear the joyful, restorative music being played, easing my frenzied thoughts.
I’m draped in soft white. I don’t feel like I fit in yet, for I am stumbling in pain, and can smell my own stench. There is much to let go of, and much to repair and relearn.
Just come.
Come As You Are – Nathan Pacheco
I am bathed, allowed to soak in steam and sweet and softening cleansers. My deepest pores are opened, loosening built-up grime. I’ll repeat this process again and again as my body’s cells renew, sluffing off the old. But it feels so good, I don’t mind the repetition, the purification process.
Kabseni/Wash Me Clean – Solu Israel
My muscles are skillfully kneaded – all the way down; head, neck, shoulders, back, arms, hands, legs, feet – tight knots and joints worked over in deep petrissage, releasing built-up tension and stress. I am rubbed in healing oils – my parchedness absorbing it greedily, softening calluses, mending wounds, healing scars. I’m feeling loosened, lightened. I’ll want to repeat this too.
My hair is trimmed, perhaps given a treatment to restore growth in the follicles. Rough edges of my nails are filed and shaped, cracks smoothed and buffed.
And what happens within is even more dramatic, fractures opening to something glorious.
Healer – McKenna Hixson
I feel renewed, but I’m not ready yet to leave the spa. I swim in refreshing, overflowing, forgiving waters; building my strength.
Refreshing – Nikki Moltz
As I look at myself in the mirror, I see that I am something new, I feel it all the way through! But I don’t want to leave the spa yet. I want to stay near, to welcome others and share it with everyone! Continually renewing, again and again!
And why wouldn’t I? I am here by invitation, after all. The price already paid.
What Song Caught You?