MAY CHRIST LIFT THEE UP!
November 5, 2019
Ok, so I am really not great at this regular thing, but hopefully I can start off this new transfer with sending something! After all, it's not about always succeeding, but going from Failure to Failure without any loss of Enthusiasm! :)
We just had the beginning of a new transfer, and I got a new companion! And, yes, he is brand new! Elder Beutler was basically Pre-trained, though. He knows what he's doing already. It's a huge blessing to be able to serve with him in this Ward. He's brought miracles with him, for sure!
For examples, we were taking a nap for part of our P-day today, and we got a text from someone asking if she would be able to meet with us! Just out of the blue! That was pretty amazing.
We've got a great number of things going on here. I have to get going, but first!
There's a reason we go through trials. Often, they can be an opportunity to learn something. Sometimes, we go through trials to be there for someone else. Other times, we might be there so someone else doesn't have to be, especially if that someone else wouldn't be able to endure that trial. Whatever the reason, these trials can be heavy on our shoulders.
I love this scripture, though, and what it teaches about these weights. This is a father giving his final, parting words to his son in a letter, after informing him of all the bad things happening at home. "25 My son, be faithful in Christ; and may not the things which I have written grieve thee, to weigh thee down unto death; but may Christ lift thee up, and may his sufferings and death, and the showing his body unto our fathers, and his mercy and long-suffering, and the hope of his glory and of eternal life, rest in your mind forever.
26 And may the grace of God the Father, whose throne is high in the heavens, and our Lord Jesus Christ, who sitteth on the right hand of his power, until all things shall become subject unto him, be, and abide with you forever. Amen."
Moroni 9:25-26
I love what he said there about not being weighed down, but allowing the Atonement of Christ (His Suffering in Gethsemane, death on the cross, and resurrection on the third day) to Lift him up. Because of that Act by the Son of God, where he descended below all things and overcoming them in His Resurrection, we too can be pressed and beaten down and, with divine help from Christ, overcome challenges, and become something holier because we did.
I know that to be true, now more than I have before! Jesus Christ Lives! If He didn't, where does that grace that gets me through hard days come from? Where does the comfort in despair and anxious moments originate? He lives, and loves each one of us!
I love you all! Thank you for your patience!
Elder Richardson
P.S. And a Few Pictures. Just because you read through!
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