hi lovely family that i love with all my heart and will never stop loving ever!!
okay so i love love love the liahona and the ensign and can't wait
for general conference. i can't believe i never wanted to read stuff
like that when i was back home! gosh how stupid i was. the prophets and
apostles are sooo inspired and they teach the best doctrine ever it's
just amazing! so this week i think the greatest thing I studied about
was seeking counsel from the Lord. A great talk to read is called
Leaving Adversity Behind by David S. Baxter from the Dec 2012 Liahona if
you want to look it up it. Anyway yesterday I read a talk given by
Elder Holland that was talking about why missionary work is so hard. Why
aren't people just running to get baptized? We have the truth! Why
aren't we having more success why don't people accept it right away? And
his answer was that "salvation is not a cheap experience" Think about
what Christ endured so that we might have salvation. He said if it
wasn't easy for our Lord and Savior why would be easy for us? So then I
wanted to study more about Christ's suffering in Gethsemane and I read
in Matthew the prayers that he offers. And his first prayer is a little
bit different from the second and third prayer. In the first prayer, he
states his desires but then adds thy will be done. in the second and
third prayers when he prayes he states the Lord's will and accepts it.
His desire isn't even in the picture anymore. Heavenly Father knows us
perfectly. He already knows what we want. But we don't know what He
wants. So we must seek it. And when we find it, we must accept it even
when it goes against our desire. That is what the Christ did because His
purpose was to fulfill the God's will.
Then I read in Jacob 4 particularly vs. 7-11and it basically says
hello!! God created the Earth and man so why wouldn't he be able to
command it according to His will?? Heavenly Father's hand is in
everything we do. He is our Creator and our Master. We must seek His
counsel because He knows everything. We must trust his counsel because
He knows everything. Also read in Jacob 5-the most awesome allegory in
the whole world. And when it was talking about poor and good ground I
got the impression that it doesn't matter where we are, the Lord will
always nourish us.The Lord knows what He's doing. He directs all things.
He can bring forth fruit whenever and wherever He wants. But because we
have agency, we cannot let our pride get in the way of His will and His
work. Be willing to seek His counsel and be willing to be molded by
Him. Don't seek to counsel the Lord because we know nothing. Seek to
know what the Lord would have you do and he will help you do great
things for yourself, your family, and for others. Keep loving the Lord
in all things!!
Love you tons.
Sister Blick
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