"And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit. And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost..."
This scripture is in 3 Nephi and this is the most sacred part of the whole Book of Mormon. At this point Christ has resurrected and He is visiting all of the Nephites. As he is visiting them he is giving them council as to how they should live their lives once he goes back to heaven. One of the councils/commandments he gives them is he does away with the law of Moses because it has been fulfilled through him. And this scripture is their new law.
The thing I love about this is that it's such a simple request. No longer is Christ asking them to sacrifice any animals or only eat certain foods on certain days but he is only asking for a "broken heart and a contrite spirit." When something is broken it is torn or bruised or hurt but willing to be fixed. I don't think Christ wants our heart to be bruised constantly, instead I think he means for our heart to constantly be in a state where we are willing to be fixed through the Atonement of Christ. If our heart is in this state then we will be willing to be molded by Christ's hands so that we can better ourselves to become like him someday.
This gospel is not hard. It's the world that makes it difficult to live. But I know that if we stay true to what Christ has asked of us we will be able to become as Gods someday and we will live with Christ again.
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