The Museum of Art

I thought that it was a pretty opportunity to go visit the Museum of Art and see all of the different ways that Christ and His sacrifice for us can be displayed. It was a good reminder to me of how everything is a testimony of Christ and the atonement. I really liked going with other members of the class and getting their take on the pieces. I went earlier with my cousin and I have to admit that I rarely understand art very well without the guidance of others. The piece that I feel I got the most out of was the first piece we looked out where a woman seems to be holding the bread towards the viewer. We discussed how her face seemed tired and worn and the long arduous process that goes into making bread from scratch. Even though I’ve heard the story of the chicken who asks for help from her friends to make bread I never really realized long process because the only homemade bread I usually had come from a bread maker. It was interesting to see how this woman’s daily work of bread making was very similar to the sacrifice of Christ. Just as she labored all day to give us this loaf, Christ labored all of His life so that we could be saved from our sins. I also could help but noticed the positioning of her hands reminded me of Christ’s hands in paintings where He is showing us the wounds on His hands from being nailed on the cross. It was a very Christ like way of the woman to display her labors just as He displays His to us. The title “Daily Bread” makes me wonder what my daily labor could be doing to bring me closer to Christ. In addition to the normal requirements of reading our scriptures, saying our prayers, etc, I think that it is important to realize that the dedication of our studies to the Lord can bring us closer to Him. I think that because we have all been taught the importance of getting an education as we strive to do so we will naturally progress closer to God as we continue keeping His commandments. I think that a lot of our education is so that we can provide a good life for our families. I think that sacrificing time and effort today so that we can give to our future children and those around us (both today and tomorrow) we will be creating our own “Daily Bread”.