Week #75: Hay que aferrarse a la barra de hierro
¡Hola hola buena gente! Twas another great week here in the mission. Had to travel all the way to the capital again for a checkup on my two toes that I've had some problems with, but the doctor says I'm all good to go! Im jthankful I don't have to deal with any of that anymore!
This year in Come Follow Me, we are studying the Book of Mormon. This week we studied Lehi's dream about the Tree of Life. I hope everyone can make some time out of their week to study along with Come Follow Me, because it can honestly help us so much with understanding the scriptures! I won't explain the entire dream of Lehi, but I'd invite everyone to go refresh themselves and read 1st Nephi chapter 8(:
A member in our branch here made a comment about the dream that I really liked. We all know that there's an Iron Rod in the dream, and those that cling to this rod end up at the Tree of Life. The rod can mean the Gospel of Jesus Christs and Gods commandments. As we cling to these things, we reach the blessings that God has instore for those who stay faithful until the end. A member mentioned how the material iron, is known as "Fe" on the scientific chart (I hope thats what it is called, but you know what Im talking about;) But anyway, Fe, is the spanish word for Faith. We can say that this Iron Rod that Lehi saw, is made out of faith. It requires a great deal of faith to stay true and faithful to this gospel and to not get distracted by all the people who mock and laugh at us for living the way we do, and having the beliefs we have. Faith is the first step in the Gospel and all blessings we receive are dependent on the faith we have in God the Father and His son Jesus Christ.
Lacking faith means we risk straying away from this iron rod and falling short of the blessings of God. Faith is developed by obedience to the commandments and a pure desire to do God's will above our own. I like to share with the Uruguayos and Argentinos that faith is a belief in action, because simply believing in God is not enough (Look up Matthew 7:21). To actually believe in God, we have to do the work necessary to get to know Him. We slowly become familiar with His spirit, His promptings, and His personality and after a long while, we finally start to figure out who God really is, and our capacity to have faith increases! It is why the first thing we teach everyone as missionaries is the character of God! As we draw near unto God, He comes to us and we feel Him...but it has always been contingent on us acting first!
"And now, behold, I say unto you, and I would that ye should remember, that God is merciful unto all who believe on His name; therefore he desireth, in the first place, that ye should believe, yea, even on his word." -Alma 32:22
The door is open for all to believe in God through our Savior Jesus Christ. I promise blessings and miracles to anyone who believes and strives to live aligned with Christ's Gospel!
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| Braxton's new foot fashion, while recovering from ingrown toenails! |
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| New Diggs for the Missionaries last week! |
