Prepare to Meet God
"For Behold, this is the time for men to prepare to meet God; behold
the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors. And
now, as I said unto you before, as ye have so many witnesses, therefore,
I beseech of you that you do not procrastinate the day of your
repentance until the end; for after the day of this life, which is given
to us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time
while in this life, then cometh the night of darkness wherein there can
be no labor performed." (Alma 34:32-33)
Hey
ya'll don't get to settled, and when life is good and easy and bliss,
don't expect it to stay that way. We came here to earth to learn,
experience, grow, progress, and work our bums off. Here is another
Brigham Young quote for ya!
"Time and ability to labor are
the capital stock of the whole world of mankind, and we are all
indebted to God for the ability to use time to our advantage, and he
will require of us a strict account of the disposition we make of this
ability."
Throw out all the riches
and gadgets and cars and big houses and all that stuff everyone in the
world is out to obtain. The riches of the world have zero significance
in the lives to come. The real riches of this life are given to us by
God and every one has about the same amount. We all have been given 24
hours in a day, and 7 days in a week, and 12 months in a year. We all
have the same amount of time. Time is money. What will we do with our
time? How will we use it? What can we get from it? We must use the time
God has given us to improve ourselves, to improve our abilities, to
strengthen our faith, and prepare for eternity. We came here to labor
and not to be idle.
LAZINESS NEVER WAS
HAPPINESS! I have watched missionaries in my zone just sleep away their
mornings and their studies and walk around the apartment undressed,
un-showered, and with bed head and just waste away the time the Lord has
given them to deposit eternal blessing in the spiritual bank account
that surely awaits us after the mission, and in the next life!
"Thou shalt not be idle; for he that is idle shall not eat the bread nor wear the garments of the laborer." (D&C 42:42)
"The labour of the righteous tendeth to life..." (Proverbs 10:16)
"For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands..." (Psalms 128:2)
"The sleep of a laboring man is sweet..." (Eccl 5:12)
Any
ways that's my tip this week. Work work WORK and labor not for that
which is of no worth! Don't waste time. Be anxiously engaged in a good
cause!
This week was pretty dope. We had 5
investigators at church yesterday but we were expecting 15 so that was a
bummer. Scattered Israel seems to be coming out of their hiding places
and we find some who seems very interested almost every day! I had
exchanges this week with Elder Abonitalla in his area and we taught the
Restoration to the land ladies of the old apartment of the AP's. They
were scattered Israel for sure and they have been super prepared to receive the message. It was super funny because after the lesson, Eloisa
actually kinda went off and seemed mad because the missionaries who use to live next door for like forever never offered to share
the message. She said that all they ever said was hi and bye and they
even argued one time with them because of how high the electric bill was. I laughed super duper hard because The AP's are supposed to be
the best missionaries and I even remember them given a training about
how you should be proclaiming the gospel as soon as you step out the
front door so.. HAHAH. Silly AP's.
I challenge
you all to use your time wisely and labor for that which has eternal
worth. The true currency of this life is time and the true riches are
our talents, ability to labor and our knowledge.
The
Church is true! God lives! He loves us! He knows better than us! He is
watching over us and is super duper patient with all or mistakes and our silliness! Look to God and live!
I love you all
-Elder Andersen
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