hey guys! how are you?!
things are going good here! they're actually going great! we have some
really good things happening in the next few weeks! i don't want to jinx
any of it, but just know that Heavenly Father has prepared St Louis to
receive the gospel.
So this past week we had Zone Leader
Training! It's a meeting where the missionaries in our zone get together
and they give trainings on what we can do to help our areas and just
how to become better missionaries. they talked about how when we meet
with investigators we ALWAYS leave a commitment. Like reading the
scriptures, praying, following the word of wisdom, stuff like that. but
we talked about how to support our investigators more we need to be
keeping the same commitment. of course we don't need to quit smoking or
start coming to church, but when we ask them to read the Book of Mormon,
why wouldn't we be doing the same? so we have started to get "yoked"
with our investigators. The Saviors yoke is easy and His burden is
light. We experience that promise when we keep commandments and do what
He's asked. This whole thing we talked about at ZLT has kind of changed
the way Sister 'Alofaki and i have been working. I feel like instead of
just pulling investigators out of a hole, we're helping them. side by
side. the way it should be. after all, we are brothers and sisters. it's
also made me think a lot about our baptismal covenant. the mourn with
those that mourn and comfort those who stand in need of comfort. i don't
know if we realize it but so many people are broken around us.
Savior, may I learn to love thee,
Walk the path that thou hast shown,
Pause to help and lift another,
Finding strength beyond my own.
Savior, may I learn to love thee—
Walk the path that thou hast shown,
Pause to help and lift another,
Finding strength beyond my own.
Savior, may I learn to love thee—
Lord, I would follow thee.
Who am I to judge another
When I walk imperfectly?
In the quiet heart is hidden
Sorrow that the eye can't see.
Who am I to judge another?
When I walk imperfectly?
In the quiet heart is hidden
Sorrow that the eye can't see.
Who am I to judge another?
I would be my brother's keeper;
I would learn the healer's art.
To the wounded and the weary
I would show a gentle heart.
I would be my brother's keeper—
I would learn the healer's art.
To the wounded and the weary
I would show a gentle heart.
I would be my brother's keeper—
Savior, may I love my brother
As I know thou lovest me,
Find in thee my strength, my beacon,
For thy servant I would be.
Savior, may I love my brother—
As I know thou lovest me,
Find in thee my strength, my beacon,
For thy servant I would be.
Savior, may I love my brother—
"in
the quiet heart is hidden sorrow that the eye can't see" this line gets
to me. it makes my struggles seem small, probably because they are. it
reminds me of the compassion the Savior has for each of us. My favorite
chapter in the Book of Mormon is 3 Nephi 17, i think it's the perfect
example of compassion. Probably because it really shows us how the
Savior had compassion and He is our perfect example. but my FAVORITE
part is when Christ is about to leave and he tells the Nephites to go
home and think about what he's taught, talk about it in their families,
you know that kind of stuff. Then He looks at them. The Savior has
different eyes than we do, He sees the hurt and just everything they're
feeling. After all, he did experience it in Gethsemane.
5 And it came to pass that when Jesus had thus spoken, he cast his eyes round about again on the multitude, and beheld they were in tears, and did look steadfastly upon him as if they would ask him to tarry a little longer with them.
7 Have ye any that are sick among you? Bring them hither. Have ye any that are lame, or blind, or halt, or maimed, or leprous, or that are withered, or that are deaf, or that are afflicted in any manner? Bring them hither and I will heal them, for I have compassion upon you; my bowels are filled with mercy.
Can
you imagine what it must have been like to be there? would we be among
those who the Savior heals? I would think in some way we would each be
healed because we all are a little bit broken. That's okay though, God
loves broken things. President Uchtdorf said "love is spelled T-I-M-E"
it's so important that we take the time to help others. Have compassion
on them. Serve them. Just love them. I'm not perfect at this, none of us
are. But we are all kind of a work in progress in terms of becoming
like our Savior.
I
don't know where i'm going with this whole thing. I just know, with all
my heart, that the Savior lives. I know he healed the sick, suffered in
Gethsemane, and was resurrected. I know that he did visit the Nephites
and that he did look at them with compassion. If i were to say that any
of this weren't true it would be like saying that disneyland churros
aren't the most delicious things ever. basically is what i'm getting at
is the Saviors love is real. and we should all try a little harder to be
a little better. and through Christ, it's possible because His yoke is
easy and His burden is Light.
I love you all!
hugs and kisses all around! (not real kisses though i'm a sister missionary)
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