Hello!!
this week was such a good week for me.
I feel like since I've hit my halfway mark, things have just not been going my way! I felt as though I hit a huge brick wall, and it gave me this really bad concussion. Haha! (Im trying to get better at my analogies) Anyways! So I'm feelin super low, not spiritual, and I was just having a really rough time for a couple of weeks. I got transferred from Bethany Home, and that was hard. I had more added on to my plate of missionary work, and THAT was way hard, at first. All of these things were changing and my brain was going a million miles a second, and I felt like I couldn't catch up. But, it all changed on Monday night! I was sick of feeling the way I was feeling, and I didn't know what to do. So, I kneeled down and said a good and long prayer. (I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner) I felt an overwhelming amount of love from my Heavenly Father.... I honestly felt like I was alone for those past couple of weeks. Which is dumb, because I knew my family was helping me. I knew my friends were helping me, but I really did feel alone. My dad sent me a couple of scriptures that helped me immensely. The scriptures are so powerful, I've seen the way that they have changed not only my life but the lives of the people that I have taught.
Psalms 144:15
Happy is that people, in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
What a great scripture! It is so much better to be happy. I was also able to go to a leadership training called MLC. We had a lot of great discussions from missionaries and from President Griffin. At one point we were talking about what our dreams were. The assistants had us all write down a dream/ goal that we want to accomplish. I wrote down "To he a Happier disciple of Christ". When I wrote that down I had reflected of my past weeks and realized I wasn't being a happy disciple of Christ. I wasn't having joy while spreading the gospel. I guess I had a "A-HAH!!" Moment. Because it all was making sense to me! President Griffin then, talked about how we need to love our neighbor. I really loved this discussion and the scriptures that followed. We read in 1 John 4. It talks about how God is love. I love verse 16 of that chapter.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
It's so important to show love to those around you. Having charity can be a hard thing, but when we show love to others we show god how much we love him. God loves everyone, we are all his children. When we show love to HIS children, we show love to him.
This whole week has been a breath of fresh air to me. I've drawn closer to my savior, I've been able to reach out to people in a way that I haven't felt in a long time. I was stuck! And I wasn't sure how to get out of the rut that I was in. It's amazing how the scriptures, prayer and family can do that for you. 1 John 4..... well all of 1 John really made me think about my missionary work and what I want to accomplish in these next couple of months. I'm grateful for family, for my mission, for the scriptures and for prayer. I'm even grateful for those trials that go for weeks on end and don't seem to let up. Because when they do, you realize how much you've learnt about yourself and about the gospel of Jesus Christ. I love this gospel with all of my heart and I know it to be true.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! Eat lotsa turkey.
