The Process of Perfection

“There is a lesson in this.”  
I have a friend who has said this more times than I can count.  It is usually followed up by a hilarious way of fitting whatever bizarre thing just happened into a life lesson.  As funny as some of these circumstances have been, I realized yesterday what a beautiful truth she has been teaching me all along.  

In most cases our prayers should not always sound the same, but an exception is our Sacrament prayers.  They must be said “perfectly” the same every time.  This Sunday the prayer on the bread had to be repeated multiple times as one or two words were slightly off each time.  Finally Bishop rose from his seat to council with the young man giving the prayer.  In my head I said, “there is a lesson in this,” and sure enough as I pondered on it, the Spirit taught me.  The scriptures tell us that we are to be perfect.  We know that this is a process.  Even when we are trying our very hardest to do everything right, sometimes we mess up.  Often we can overcome those errors on our own in prayer with our Heavenly Father, but sometimes we need the Bishop’s help, and that is okay.  Bishop is there for us and is anxious to lovingly guide us through whatever trouble we are ready to get out of.