Tattoos seem to have come into mainstream fashion these days. Much time, pain and money is expended to permanently embed the desire message into the patient’s skin. As a skin pathologist, I silently cringe at the thought of the changes this makes in the dermis of the skin. While tattoos are often considered permanent, modern innovation with skin laser treatments can break up the pigment into fine particles. If the tattoo isn’t too extensive, it can essentially be blotted out, though again, only with much time, patience and money. While the temporal messages of tattoos seem permanent to skin, The Book of Mormon teaches that the name of Christ should be permanently written within another part of our bodies, namely, our hearts.
Mosiah 5:11 And I would that ye should remember also, that this is the name that I said I should give unto you that never should be blotted out, except it be through transgression; therefore, take heed that ye do not transgress, that the name be not blotted out of your hearts.
12 I say unto you, I would that ye should remember to retain the name written always in your hearts, that ye are not found on the left hand of God, but that ye hear and know the voice by which ye shall be called, and also, the name by which he shall call you.
LESSON LEARNED: Bonding the written name of Christ into our hearts suggests our love for Him, as well as our permanence in our desire to follow Him.
FEEDBACK: DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE THE NAME OF THE SAVIOR WRITTEN IN YOUR HEART?
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