A young man in our temple prep class gave the closing prayer
& thanked God for His body and asked to know how he could use it as an
instrument for good. He’s going to
Portugal on a mission in a couple weeks.
One of our newly return sister missionaries spoke in Sacrament
Meeting about divine attributes. She
told of one person who was converted due the faith of members and missionaries
who believed in miracles. She asked how
his life had changed and he said, “It’s like my life when from black and white
to all the colors of the rainbow. Every
day is beautiful and every moment is an opportunity to practice living the
Gospel of Christ. We can have hope in
God’s promises. Another attribute is
diligence which means striving even after your tired or don’t feel like it. It builds the Lord’s trust in us and changes
our heart.
The High Counselman told of a newly baptized 8yo who got up
to bear his testimony for the first time.
They brought out the step stool and lowered the podium but the little
boy kept looking back at the bishopric with an expression of uneasinesst. They kept encouraging him to go ahead and say
what he felt. Finally he bore a simple
testimony, but then remained on the stand.
The bishopric told him he could go sit by his mom but he still didn’t
move. Turns out, they had nailed his
thumbs to the podium when they lowered it!
The “rule of thumb” to that story is—Don’t make assumptions; seeing things accurately is essential to
progress.
Can you name all our apostles? Or tell something recent that President
Monson has asked us to do? An
investigator who heard we had apostles & prophets wanted to know all about
them. When the missionaries hesitated,
the investigator said, “if there were apostles and prophets in MY church, I’d
be hanging on every word!”
Our Stk RS President asked what TYS meant. Turns out it was someone’s tattoo that stood
for “Trust Your Struggle” meaning to accept the life lesson being offered. She said it could also mean “Trust Your
Savior”. She challenged us to have
compassion for God’s will in your trials.
If you’re feeling down, make a choice to be happy. Guard what you let into your mind and especially
what you let stay there.
Love you so much,
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