Mommy & All,
"The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going." -David Starr Jordan
Last week was really busy and insane so we didn't get a ton of work in. On Wednesday, we had interviews with President and then went out and bought everything we needed for the zone conference we had on Thursday. Wednesday night, we also had a Family Home Evening with all the missionaries from Comodoro and Caleta here in Comodoro. Thursday we had a conference with President Salerno most of the day and it was really good. He showed us a video that the church made on leadership and how we can all be leaders. One thing I really liked that Elder Bednar says in the video is that "Leading is about what you do and what you leave." Elder Ballard also says that "Our job as leaders is to raise up leaders who will be better than we ever were." Those were two things I really liked. We went to go see Jose and Paula after but they told us to come back on Saturday. Friday we had an asado or barbecue with the Familia Alvarenga. They said goodbye to me because they are heading to Buenos Aires to serve as temple workers for a year I think. It was really cool to get to know them especially living with them for 5 months the first time I was here in Comodoro. Saturday and Sunday we kept passing by Jose and Paula to get them to general conference, but they didn't answer so we don't think they were home. we had a great General Conference weekend with all the changes and the "rush of revelation" as Elder Holland called it. It is always great to hear from the Prophet of God and I know that President Nelson is the Prophet on the earth today and I received a testimony of that this weekend as well.
Much Love,
Elder Christensen
Belief is the reason we go on a mission. It is the motive for preaching about Christ and sharing/Proclaiming his love. Faith is understanding we are children of God and our Heavenly Father. May this defined and explained and Meaning of faith bless you on your mission bless your companion on their mission. Faith is defined again and because faith has an inherent joy it gives us a solid foundation that we finally have the peace we have been searching For. \
ReplyDelete"Many believer's feed themselves on what God hasn't done. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I create the atmosphere for the spirit of offense to arise and to thrive. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I legitimize unbelief. I live with a sense of justification, for not believing God.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance. even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance
Heaven is a place where everyone is celebrated, some are more honored but everyone is celebrated. All men and all women shall be judged on the light which they have received. Heaven is a permissible culture. God's nature is eternally permissible. These statements protect us from credit.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance, even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done. Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance. Faith doesn't deny a problems existence, it denies it's influence. He or she was someone whom aridity and desolation never disturbed for he or she had a deeply rooted, and a vigorous faith.
Now we can act as we have always dreamed. Now we can act as we have always been. Now we can step into the light and gather the sunlight instead of blocking out our possibilities. Instead of blocking out our joy. Variety will bloom in/under the sun. We can show off our best, we can enjoy other people's gifts. We can blossom where we stand upon the joy that faith provides us. Upon the joy that faith inherently has, which blossoms the entire field of flowers"
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYaxabUfkA - The Definition of Faith