Reverencing the Savior

Dad gave a talk a few weeks ago about reverencing the Savior.  I have pulled a couple of quotes from it to share.  He quoted Elder Dennis B Neuenschwander:

•  Our ability to seek, recognize, and reverence the holy above the profane, and the sacred above the secular, defines our spirituality.  Indeed without the holy and sacred, we are left with only the profane and secular.
• Great personal preparation is required for us to receive the spiritual benefit of standing in holy places. Holy places and sacred space are also distinguished by the sacrifice they require.  
• Elder Ballard taught that the word sacrifice  means literally to make sacred  or to render sacred.  The words sacred and sacrifice come from the same root.  One may not have the sacred without first sacrificing something for it.  There can be no sacred without personal sacrifice.  Sacrifice sanctifies the sacred.
• The blessings of the temple are intertwined and inseparable from significant sacrifice.  The ordinances performed therein provide access to the full expression of the Savior's atoning sacrifice.

Dad's final comments were: 

What a sweet experience it will be to have the knowledge and testimony necessary to be able to hand our life over to the Savior, saying, "I know who you are, and I am your servant.  Do with me as you like."

When we are able to, without hesitation, know that because of His atonement, Jesus Christ will, in times of need, make up the difference for us, if we but ask, then we can be assured that we are on the right path.  We then know that He is our Redeemer and our way back to our Father in Heaven.