Trust in God
"All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned
everyone to his own way; and the Lord hath laid upon him the iniquities
of us all." (Mosiah 14:6)
"O ye workers of
iniquity; ye that are puffed up in the vain things of the world, ye that
have professed to have known the ways of righteousness nevertheless
have gone astray, as sheep having no shepherd, notwithstanding a
shepherd hath called after you and is still calling after you, but ye
will not hearken unto his voice!" (Alma 5:37)
"Yea,
come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all
ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and
love God with all your might, mind, and strength, then his grace is
sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ..." (Moroni 10:32)
This
past month I have grown so much closer to my Savior. I have learned
that through trials and tribulations we become so much stronger. If we
hold on to the power of the Atonement while we go through the furnaces
of the refiner's fire, we see that God works miracles in us, and he
makes our weaknesses become stronger. Like the scriptures above, we
like sheep, have all gone astray. I have done that before. But Christ is
always there with His arms wide open to receive us as soon as we decide
to take the steps and come to Him. I challenge you all to put your
trust in God, and not in the arm of flesh nor the vain things of this
world. Trust in His plan. Trust in His wisdom. Trust in His commandments
and in His words. Trust in His Atonement. As soon as we truely learn
to trust God and His plan and develop the faith to follow his counsels,
the spirit of the world will begin to seep out of our hearts and the
lust of the flesh will no longer appear to be pleasing, the the Spirit
of Christ will take hold in us and we shall be filled with His light and
His wisdom. Christ is the Light of the world, and only His light can
fill the darkness in our lives, and in our families. Only the Gospel of
Jesus Christ will save us and the world from or own self destruction.
We
had a great week! We had a baptism! Sister Jaime Advincula! She is a 10
year old part member, and she should have been baptized along with her
cousin last month, but her mom, who isn't a member, wouldn't let her
because Jaime had already been baptized in another church. But awhile
back we went to talk to her mother to see if she would let Jaime get
baptized, and we ended up teaching her the message of the Restoration,
and she agreed to let her be baptized and even told us that she was
thinking about getting baptized herself! Haha. We are still working with
her mom to get her to church, because she has a job and works on Sunday but we feel she is close to being able to come to church soon!
Other good news! Elder Bednar is coming to my mission on Febuarey 18th! I"M SO EXCITED!
Also,
this week I got an awesome package from the relief society in my home
ward! Thank you so much! Especially for the Hi-chews because those are
my favorite! So much appreciated!
This next
week is transfer week so a lot of changes will probably coming in my
zone so that is exciting. There are also alot of changes with the new
year coming from the missionary department so there is laot of
readjusting going on in the mission but I really like the new changes
and I believe that they will help the work progress a ton!
Thank you all for your prayers! I need them more than any of you could ever know! They are so much appreciated! I love you all!
-Elder Andersen
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