Hi everyone!!!
This week felt like the longest week of my life, but thats ok. I really wish I could say that I'm doing better and that all the pain that I'm feeling is going away but honeslty, its not. But to some extent I am ok with it because at the end of the day it forces me to grow and it always leads me towards Heavenly Father and our Savior. It sucks and I'm on the struggle bus for sure, but I know that God allows us to go through hardships for a reason, even if I don't understand it, atleast he does.
This week we had zone confrence, some lessons here and there, and we contacted a bunch of referrals. Church yesterday was probably the highlight of my week. Our ward members out here are literally the best!! They are so kind and sooooo funny!!! I never know what they're gonna say or do or offer us and its pretty exciting because it keeps me on my toes for sure!! We have dinner with the same member every monday and last week she offered us cake for dessert, and if you know me you know i will never ever ever turn down a piece of cake, so i was soooo excited. It was a very rich chocolate cake and she was warning her husband about it and he said "i aint scared" and then he looked at me and said "you scared?" And i laughed and said "no way" because this cake had my full attention ahahha!!! Anyways she was right and it was the richest cake ever and i felt so sick after but it was so worth it 👌 anyways kinda funny and moments like that are few and far between so they are fun to share when they do happen so i hope you all enjoyed!!!
I don't have much for a spiritual thought today so I'm just gonna share something from one of the General Confrence talks I read this week.
Jeffrey R. Holland gave a talk in 2013 called "Lord, I Believe" i love this talk and honestly just any talk he gives because he is just so cool. Anyways in his testimony at the end of his talk, this is what he said: "What was once a tiny seed of belief for me has grown into the tree of life, so if your faith is a little tested in this or any season, I invite you to lean on mine. I know this work is God’s very truth, and I know that only at our peril would we allow doubt or devils to sway us from its path. Hope on. Journey on. Honestly acknowledge your questions and your concerns, but first and forever fan the flame of your faith, because all things are possible to them that believe."
He really does just have a way with words!!!
Talking about faith has kind of been a reoccurring theme in my emails, and thats because at some point, it all boils down to faith. We are all going to have doubts and questions, I know I do. There are times when I can't truthfully say "I know" when testifying. But I can always truthfully say "I believe" and like Elder Holland said, "all things are possible to them that belive". Sometimes all we can do is believe and even that can feel unrealistic for our circumstances at different moments in our lives. But that simple belief is enough in the eyes of the Lord.
There is this song that I like and one line says
"let your heart sing out and tell him you love him
don't make it perfect, just let it be honest
He can use anything, just sit back and watch him"
I believe that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ see our efforts and they love them. I also believe that they can take us further then we could ever imagine with just a small seed of faith. I believe that our faith and belief in their plan is worth it even when we don't understand it. If your faith is struggling, you can always lean on mine and together we will fan the flame of faith and work our way home towards them 💓💓
I love you all and I miss you and I am so grateful for every single one of you, have an amazing week!!!
hahaha I was also given a very blue snowcone and the proof is below!!!
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