General Conference week is always great, I'm glad I got to attend the broadcasts. One thing that stuck out to me was the teaching to not just be grateful "for" things, but rather to be grateful "in" your circumstances. This "attitude of gratitude" is the difference between doing and becoming. I've learned that regardless of what our circumstances are, we can have gratitude to God, a gratitude that we show by the way we choose to live. That's something that I've learned over the course of my service so far, something that I know will continue to change my outlook on missionary work: There's always a way to be grateful.
We were visiting a less-active man this week to invite him to listen to conference. For some reason, I felt the need to be a little bolder in inviting him, and as we were, we were able to get a better understanding of what he was thinking. We were also able to find out what he had been trying to figure out lately in his scripture study, and could talk with him about it. I'm thankful that we were able to follow that prompting to be bold in inviting.
This week, God taught me something about my role in His plan for me as a missionary. I mentioned that there was a sister being baptized this week in my last letter. Over conference weekend and during her actual baptism service, I realized that I actually had very little to do with her being baptized. The Lord simply took someone who needed His help, placed her where she could be reached by His servants, and told His servants to go and help her. We, the servants, were catalysts in the work that was actually done by the Lord. I can see why there's no point in "aspiring to the honors of men". This is the Lord's work, and He's making it happen. The missionaries have front row seats to the miracles He's doing.
Last week, we read Alma 21-25. I think the Anti-Nephi-Lehies showed a lot of faith, not only in literally burying their weapons, but in not being afraid to die for what they believed. That's a level of faith we all should try to reach. Doing our best and then leaving our shortcomings to God. That's something you'll read later on when we're reading in Ether.We were visiting a less-active man this week to invite him to listen to conference. For some reason, I felt the need to be a little bolder in inviting him, and as we were, we were able to get a better understanding of what he was thinking. We were also able to find out what he had been trying to figure out lately in his scripture study, and could talk with him about it. I'm thankful that we were able to follow that prompting to be bold in inviting.
This week, God taught me something about my role in His plan for me as a missionary. I mentioned that there was a sister being baptized this week in my last letter. Over conference weekend and during her actual baptism service, I realized that I actually had very little to do with her being baptized. The Lord simply took someone who needed His help, placed her where she could be reached by His servants, and told His servants to go and help her. We, the servants, were catalysts in the work that was actually done by the Lord. I can see why there's no point in "aspiring to the honors of men". This is the Lord's work, and He's making it happen. The missionaries have front row seats to the miracles He's doing.
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