March 3, 2014
This week has been really great!! We actually got two of our less actives
to come to church!! And they BOTH bore there testimony in fast and testimony
meeting! It was great!! It's so good to see people progressing and moving closer
to our heavenly father! One of these less actives will be able to take the
sacrament really soon hopefully! He has some trials in his life that are really
hard for him to overcome, but with the help of the lord it is possible to do
anything! Our Heavenly Father is continually building us into what he knows we
can be, our job is to make sure we don't fail him! He can try as hard as he
wants to build us into something beautiful, but if we are not willing to be
molded into our potential, there is not much he can do. There is a story that I
really like:
Imagine for a moment yourself as a small run down cottage, old and worn
out, a couple of holes here and there and several leaks and cracks that are all
a result of hard times, and things this old house has gone through. We invite a
builder (the Lord) into our lives to help restore us to our original form, to
build us back up to what we know we can become. So he starts small, repairing
small holes and filling in cracks and leaks, and slowly but surely we start to
return back to what we originally were! But the builder continues, an extension
is added here and 3 more over there, some walls are smashed to the ground and
rebuilt somewhere else, and it becomes extremely painful! eventually a beautiful
courtyard is built, a second and third story and a lovely porch to top it off.
You thought you were just simply going to be a cottage. But the Lord was
building a palace.
The lord knows what we can become. He knows our potential in this life and
in the life to come and is continually trying to shape and build us into what he
knows we can truly be! He loves each and everyone of us and wants us to all
have the best experience in life as possible. Yes sometimes some of the things
we go through can be painful, but It is all for the better. The Lord is building
us up and refining us into our potential. Whether we realize it our not, when
those walls are smashed to the ground, they will always, through the lords help,
be built up again stronger, and in a place that our heavenly father knows they
need to be. It is our job to recognize what the builder is doing. Though
painful, the process of refinement is a part of life. We must be willing to be
built by the Lord.
I love you guys have a great week!! :)
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