welllll hey! This week has been crazyyyy. I'll first start off by saying....we have another baptism on Wednesday most likely! His name is Victor! We had him set for the 9th but it will just work out better if it is on a Weekday so he wants to do it on wednesday! Its not 100% set since his actual baptismal interview is on wednesday morning but it should be happening. and guess who is giving a talk at it? me. ya i kind of in a way volunteered myself. hahaha what was i thinking? panicking here. So This week i had a crazy/scary experience. Satan is working really really hard on me in so many different ways. This experience has kinda motivated me a bit more actually. So its all good. Well i have no time but i wanna share a few scriptures real quick that i found this week that are way cool. 1 Nephi 17:13 - change wilderness to world and change promised land to celestial kindgdom. READ IT. I have been getting better at applying scriptures. So ya this ones one of my favorites now. and also Yesterday i was able to find a scripture and apply it to one of our investigators named China so well! Sister Garn and i were planning on talking about something completely different for this lesson with China but about 30 minutes before we decided to change our plan. We decided to talk about the word of wisdom and find a scripture about faith that could help her overcome her addiction to coffe. I found 1 Nephi 7:17 - "But it came to pass that i prayed unto the Lord, saying: o Lord, according to my faith which is in thee, wilt though deliver me from the hands of my brethren; yea, even give me strength that i may burst these bands with which i am bound." When i read this i immediately thought of China and how i could apply it. I changed it to "But it came to pass that i prayed unto the Lord, saying: o Lord, according to my faith which is in thee, wilt thou deliver me from my addiction to coffe; yea, even give me strength that i may burst this addiction to which i am bound." Haha... when i first read through this and thought about changing it to the coffe i said to myself. .."haha thats the dumbest thing ever" and i wasnt going to mention it to sister Garn but i did and we ended up sharing it. It was an awesome lesson! Our investigator and her husband (hes a member) thought it was the greatest lesson ever. And now we feel like her husband likes/trusts us a little more. To be honest...It was the first lesson that i have ever liked and felt even somewhat good about. Also this morning i was reading through Jacob 5 and i thought it was way cool. I may be completely off on what these scriptures mean haha but I got some cool insights out of it. Jacob 5:17-18 -"Now, if we had not grafted in these branches, the tree thereof would have perished" - If we are not given weaknesses/trials we would not progress/grow. we would remain the same. verse 20: "I nourished" - Nourished = tested/tried
verse 21-"How comest thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of the tree?" - Why are we given weaknesses and trials? To learn and grow and eventually bring forth better "fruit". verse 22 - "counsel me not: i knew that it was a poor spot of ground." - he knows our strenghths and weaknesses. verse 23 - "Behold i have planted another branch of the tree also" - We are given another weakness/trial so we can bring forth even Better "fruit" than before. verse 27 "let us prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it a little longer, that perhaps it may bring forth good fruit unto thee" -Sometimes he pushes us to the max for us to reach our potential. Because he knows our capabilities and strengths. verse 29 -"a long time had passed away" - sometimes our trials may last "a long time" but its for our benefit. He knows what we need. verse 34 "because thou didst graft in the branches of the wild olive-tree they have nourished the roots" - We come out stronger. verse 36- "I know that the roots are good, and for mine own purpose i have preserved them and because of their much strenghth they have hiterto brought forth, from the wild branches, good fruit" - God knows us better than we know ourselves. Verse 45 "and because i plucked not the branches thereof and cast them into the fire, behold, they have overcome the good branch that hath withered away" - We cant let our weaknesses overcome the strenghths we do have. and thennnn personal study ended. Haha. i'm not quite sure what these sciptures actually mean but thats what i got out of it. hahaha Its been really cool this week being able to apply scriptures better. It makes it easier to read and retain what i do read if i can think of it in a simpler more up to date way. This week i have also been able to be myself more and i have been happier because of it. Still lots of struggles but im seeing more of the positive. I also started taking two medications this week for depression/anxiety. I think they will be helpful. I guess it takes about 3 weeks to take full effect. And talking to Anne Broadband is actually helping. Hahaha never thought i would need a "councelor" buuuut its been helpful. Some of the main things im working on that i talked about with her are
2)Test my assumptions -dont just assume im going to fail/not know what to say.
3)use my love/concern for others to counteract my hate/negativity toward myself
4)separate feelings from thoughts
verse 21-"How comest thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of the tree?" - Why are we given weaknesses and trials? To learn and grow and eventually bring forth better "fruit". verse 22 - "counsel me not: i knew that it was a poor spot of ground." - he knows our strenghths and weaknesses. verse 23 - "Behold i have planted another branch of the tree also" - We are given another weakness/trial so we can bring forth even Better "fruit" than before. verse 27 "let us prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it a little longer, that perhaps it may bring forth good fruit unto thee" -Sometimes he pushes us to the max for us to reach our potential. Because he knows our capabilities and strengths. verse 29 -"a long time had passed away" - sometimes our trials may last "a long time" but its for our benefit. He knows what we need. verse 34 "because thou didst graft in the branches of the wild olive-tree they have nourished the roots" - We come out stronger. verse 36- "I know that the roots are good, and for mine own purpose i have preserved them and because of their much strenghth they have hiterto brought forth, from the wild branches, good fruit" - God knows us better than we know ourselves. Verse 45 "and because i plucked not the branches thereof and cast them into the fire, behold, they have overcome the good branch that hath withered away" - We cant let our weaknesses overcome the strenghths we do have. and thennnn personal study ended. Haha. i'm not quite sure what these sciptures actually mean but thats what i got out of it. hahaha Its been really cool this week being able to apply scriptures better. It makes it easier to read and retain what i do read if i can think of it in a simpler more up to date way. This week i have also been able to be myself more and i have been happier because of it. Still lots of struggles but im seeing more of the positive. I also started taking two medications this week for depression/anxiety. I think they will be helpful. I guess it takes about 3 weeks to take full effect. And talking to Anne Broadband is actually helping. Hahaha never thought i would need a "councelor" buuuut its been helpful. Some of the main things im working on that i talked about with her are
2)Test my assumptions -dont just assume im going to fail/not know what to say.
3)use my love/concern for others to counteract my hate/negativity toward myself
4)separate feelings from thoughts
welpppp. this is awkward. haha
hope all is well for ya'll!
hasta luego
love you allllll!!!!!
ps. If you are not doing family scripture study... do it NOW. Why? well for 1 - so your children can know the true meaning of a concubine and that its not a pentagon shaped building! Hahahahahaha no idea why that is what i pictued everytime i read that but apparently i was wrong. Those verses make a little more sense now. family scipture study is important do it.
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