Sunday was a busy busy day. First, I read this really amazing talk by Elder Chirstofferson called "When Thou Art Converted". It was super good, al about combating pride and growing your relationship with God. I would highly recommend reading it to anyone! This Sunday was Fast Sunday, so we had a mission conference, which meant we got a bonus devotional. Yes! There was a lot of good talks, but my favorite line was, "The World says give me a sign, and I'll show my faith," but the Lord says "Show me your faith, and I'll show you my miracles". I love that sentiment, and i've really seen that happen in my life so far.
The Sunday evening devotional speaker was President Ashton, from the Provo Temple. He spoke about opening your mouth and speaking with the confidence of the Lord. The Sword of the Spirit is the word of God, but that word won't be heard until you open your mouth and talk! If you ever get the Spiritual prompting to open your mouth, do it!
Right now, I'm kinda going back and forth on what to say. But, I think that this is something good that everyone needs to hear. Yesterday, we talked about guilt and the light of Christ. Guilt is like your spiritual nervous system. If you touch something burning hot, you'll feel pain. The pain itself isn't bad, but it is telling you the burning object is. The same thing is with guilt, for our spiritual health. Guilt is our spiritual pain. It helps you recognize that you need to make changes. I'm not condoning sin, but if you feel guilt for something you've done, good! It means you still have the light of Christ! It's there to help you change for the better, so let it help you! God love you so much, He lets you feel this way out of love for you. It's how He helps you realize that you need to make a change to come back to Him. His hope and peace can envelope you so much and it's all thanks to Christ. I can testify to you that both of them love you so intensely!
Love you all!
Elder Nelson
PS I always end up choosing the music in class, so it's been Christmas for the past week, every day. Yes
PPS Fun story, I found out that you shouldn't throw your notebooks down the hall. I did that when I threw them into a door to call dibs on using that room, and it just so happened to do that in front of the Branch President. Whoops. So, don't yell and throw your crap around
PPPS It was an Elder's birthday yesterday, so we had a party of sorts. And when I say we had a party, they had one without me because we live in seperate rooms. So, I think they had fun.
PPPPS I know I've talk about the water before, but it seriously gets so hot. Like, it steams and burns you when you touch it. Boiled on the sun, that's what it is
I ACTUALLY TOOK PICTURES FOR ONCE whoops caps lock was on
Round two: The selfie game is strong
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