so this week we had zone conference and something that president pratt said in his training that has stuck with me is that we need to get better at helping people see the need they have for the gospel. As soon as they realize why they need the gospel and why it is relevant in their lives, teaching them will become so easy because they will want to learn. something else that I learned this week is that obedience give us the chance to be humble. In the bible Naaman has to humble himself and dunk himself in the river 7 times to be healed of his leprosy, something that is so simple but he almost didn't do it because it was so simple. God gives us such simple commandments, like reading our scriptures and saying our prayers but still we can struggle to do these things. Something that I think is so interesting is that God could give us investigators whenever he wants... but that would in no way benefit us. God is less concerned with our comfort and more concerned about our progress. His desire is for us to become like Him and the key word in that is 'become'. We have to BECOME like God, not just BE God. A talk that I read this week was called "baptism, our first covenant with God" (or something like that) and it's by elder Hales. It talks about being a representative of Jesus Christ and I hope you can all find the time to read it. It is one of my favourite talks. There are so many lines in it that I love but something that I especially like is "The scriptures confirm that the truly converted do more than just forsake the enticements of the world. They love their God and their fellowmen. their minds and their hearts are centered on the Savior's atoning sacrifice." It's October and I am thinking constantly about Brynn and about being more kind. Sunday we had stake conference and President Pratt gave a talk that was all about being kind and serving. His talk began with a few questions like "does it make sense to join a chess club and then refuse to think?" this question then lead to "does it make sense to claim discipleship and then offend, reject, or ignore our brothers and sisters? does it make sense to take on the name of Christ and then not do the very thing that forms His character?" People don't nee a leadership position to feel the need to bless the lives of those around them. Loving and caring for each other is a mandate of our discipleship. Why do we then still find reason to be unkind? We are not justified in ignoring another's need and we are not justified in holding a grudge. Grandpa's favourite song was love one another and I am starting to understand why. "love one another as (Jesus) loves you". We are called to be extensions of Christ's love. Life can be so much more joyful when we love our brothers and sisters without expecting something in return. Our happiness can be independent of our trials.
some soul searching questions that have been asked lately are, "Who is god it you" "who are you praying to, why are you praying?"
by learning who Christ is we can learn who God is. knowing who God is, can we have faith and trust in Him? Why?something I love from conference is "maybe we have the faith to be healed...but do we have the faith not to be healed? what is our faith in?" I hope that all of our faith can be centered in Heavenly Father's plan.
Also before I go, thank you rope for the letter of encouragement haha I opened it expecting a big long letter from my mom but nope it was just a silly little letter from you but it was perfect and just what I needed<3
I love you all so much!!!
love sister wood
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