This week has been a rollercoaster. Sometimes I wanted to scream,
others laugh, and even at one time throw up. I´ve been learning alot
with Elder Happypants. Last week we had interviews with the President
(which I always love) and I finally got to talk to the Prez frankly
about what´s going on. I learned some very important things from the
Prez that I´ve been trying to implement in our daily grind. As far as
my comp goes, even after the interviews it dosent look like anything
has changed for the better, and it´s even gotten a little worse.
But!
I´ve got a new atitude now. Lately it seems like everything has been
falling apart. Family, mission, myself, everything. It feels like the
world is just imploding. And, I still think it is. But it´s amazing
the difference a change of mind will make in any situation. I believe,
very strongly, that if I did not have the knowledge of the Atonement
that I do, I would have crumpled. I pray every night, and I thank
Heavenly Father for the Atonement of His Son. The only thing that
keeps me going through all of this is the knowledge that Someone has
been through this before, and knows EXACTLY how I´m feeling. Jesus
Christ knows exactly what I´m passing through. Because He took upon
Himself all of my sins, all of pains, my weaknesses, He knows EXACTLY
how to help me. The Atonement is in action in my life right now, right
at this instant. I´ve learned that you can read and read and read and
study and hear millions of other people talk about something, but
until you yourself actually experiance it, it wont have the same
meaning, the same effect. I know, now more and ever, that Jesus Christ
is the divine Son of God. He is the Savior, the promised Messiah. For
us to be able to use this marvelous gift in our lives we have to be
humble, we have to repent, and we have to have faith. I´m learning so
much out here it´s unreal. I tried to imagine where I would have been
right now if I hadnt served a mission, and to be honest, it scared me.
To continue on the way that I was would have only lead to more
heartache, more pain, more sadness. But, with the tiny changes that
I´ve made, I´ve learned a better way. And I´ve still got such a long
way to go. I´m nowhere near. I havent even scratched the surface.
Freak, I´m not even on the surface to scratch it.
But I know I´ll get there.
And I´ll be able to, if I continue on the way that I am. All of us
have such great potencial. We are all Sons and Daughters of God. We
literally have royal Parenthood. There are so many better things in
store for us if we just turn to Heavenly Father and show our love for
Him. The next life is so much grander, so...gah I cant even describe
it. And yet, we are so wrapped up in this life that we cant see the
forest through the trees. We are here to prepare for the next life.
This isnt permenant by any means. Crap, just look around, we get
around 80 years and then *fwop* Mr. Death jumps from the 15 foot
highdive and does a bellyflop on you.
I guess what I want to say is, prepare today. Prepare right now. This
very instant. You literally do not have the time to waste. It dosent
matter what circumstance you find yourself in, you need to make the
best of it. Let the Atonement function in your life. Let Jesus Christ
do what He does best, let Him heal you. Let Him ease your burdens.
He´s alot stronger than anyone of us. And it´s alot harder to lift
that piano when someone put Crisco on the wooden floor. Just stop
being so gosh darn prideful.
I love all of you. Come unto Christ and be perfected in Him. If you
havent read the scriptures yet today, may I suggest a couple of my
favorites -
First, some Old Testament lovín´-
Ezekiel 36:26
Isaiah 1:16,18
Now for some of that New Testament -
Matthew 11:28-30
John 14:18
Romans 12:2
Cant forget the New World stuff-
Mosiah 3:19
Alma 7:11-16
And last, but not least, some of that more recent scripture -
D&C 19:15-19
But, as far as things that happened - I had a b-day. It was only saved
by the fact that one of the other Elders that we live with, Elder Shaw
recieved his, and my favorite cake mix. So, while I was in the shower,
they made the cake super fast. It made a crappy day awesome. They also
bought me grape fanta. I also recieved an umbrella from a member when
she found out I had been walking in the rain with no umbrella. That
almost made me cry... *sniff*
And, Mom, this one´s for you - on Sunday there is the little 9 year
old girl that played the recorder flute. This is the second time and I
couldnt NOT write about it. I thought of you Mom the entire time.
Peace out homies,
Elder Standard
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