Pearl of Great Price!

Ok so today I got to sleep in which was lovely! I also got paid today so now I can finally pay off my tuition for school. Work was alright it wasn't bad. My head hurts though and I am very hungry, so I should eat something soon.

Yesterday in my Pearl of Great Price institute class we talked about Cain and Abel and the sacrifices that they gave and there is one part in the student manual I really liked, which was what The Prophet Joseph Smith taught: "By faith in this atonement or plan of redemption, Abel offered to God a sacrifice that was accepted, which was the firstlings of the flock. Cain offered of the fruit of the ground, and was not accepted, because he could not do it in faith, he could have no faith, or could not exercise faith contrary to the plan of heaven. It must be the shedding the blood of the Only Begotten to atone for man; for this was the plan of redemption; and without the shedding of was no remission; and as the sacrifice was instituted for a type, by which man was to discern the great Sacrifice which God had prepared; to offer a sacrifice contrary to that, no faith could be exercised, because redemption was not purchased in that way, nor the power of atonement instituted after that order; consequently Cain could have no faith; and whatsoever is not of faith, is a sin" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith,58).

The last part of that quote gets me thinking about how much Christ payed for our sins and how wonderful the atonement is and how merciful our Heavenly Father is to us. It reminds of the hymn How Great Thou Art and the 3rd verse "And when I think that God, his Son not sparing, Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in, That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin, Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee, How great thou art!