We are in a tight squeeze to make our first event, april 12th! All the graphics have to be in by wednesday 3pm.
We've been on the phone all day with the graphic designer - - poor
thing probably wont sleep tonight. #3 pro of being a missionary?: forced
bedtime. Good call when they made that a rule.
We felt scattered with our videos and by now i've
seen every bible video and every little message the church has ever
produced in the history of ever. Mormonchannel - oh palease. lds.org
search? done. You can safely assume they are all running together.
Thank goodness President came in to help us today - it was so nice to
have him sacrifice his time. We were able to make some solid decisions
and get good feedback on the videos. I wonder every day how mission
presidents do it - ill never look at them the same.
The Lord's hand is literally in this work. Its amazing the people
he's guided us to and the thoughts, words, quotes...and that video we
watched 35 videos ago that he will recall to our minds. It's the most
spiritually exhausting work seeing how real God is, and also how real
the adversary is in putting up and taking down barriers.
The Womens Meeting over the weekend was...different
wasn't it? Not going to lie, couldnt handle the beginning. I was looking
around thinking "is this really happening right now?" I was trying SO
hard not to laugh. I couldn't handle it. My companion probably thinks I
have no heart. Buuut the videos were awesome! (of course id notice them)
and I loved how the videos and speakers reminded us of the power that
comes from being covenant women....women that make and keep promises to
God, and how we build upon that. We are given the most unique
opportunities to serve, to teach, and to lift than any other women ceo
or PTA parent, as great and valuable as those opportunities are.
My favorite was when they told the greek definition of perfect: that it is being complete. How
wonderful and relieving it feels to know that God's not asking us to be
perfect - he's asking us to realize the strength we have, to realize
who's on our team, to realize we can BE whole and FEEL whole despite all
the marks we make in ourselves and marks that the world makes without
our choosing.
It's one thing to know of Christ and go to church
and say you believe in Jesus Christ but then to learn how to recognize
answers from God, to have a conversation with God instead of just
repeating the same thing each day is a different ball game.
To see God's hand is not an exercise of self-delusion. It's not a cop out. It's not not considering the patterns of science and natural results.
Not having enough trust to admit God's hand is self-delusion. Not trying to see it is a cop out. Failing to realize how God is the ultimate scientist is not considering.
"We would do well to slow down a little, proceed at
the optimum speed for our circumstances, focus on the significant, lift
up our eyes, and truly see the things that matter most."
Love,
Sister Bell
Keep it real...because it is real...still.
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