HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!!! today is a GORGEOUS day here in houston...blue skies and sunshine ;) we feel extra lucky because we are going to the zoo to celebrate hermana johnson's birthday!!!!! we feel like it is Heavenly Father's "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" to our little hermana ;) that being said...we are cutting email time short today...so buckle up!
PANTS:
This week i wore pants almost as much as i wore a skirt...WAIT WHAT?! it was THE BOMB!!! it was like wait...i have legs?! we were so blessed..because we served a ton this week!!! first we pulled weeds in a butterfly garden at memorial park (3 mile long park with trails and fitness centers etc in downtown), second because we did laundry for homeless people at another place downtown called "the beacon", and last but not least....we found out one of our investigators needed help. we didnt finish organizing her apartment....so there is prognosis for pants in the future!!! #itsthelittlethings
PRAYERS:
this week my zone focused BIG TIME on prayers...making sure that we are using them to their full potential and really having that conversation with our Heavenly Father! im gonna re-write something i wrote in my study journal after talking with my Heavenly Father one morning...i think it's something i knew all along...just hit me on March 19th!
"As i was praying today the spirit taught me something. it was cool because i was talking through it and receiving my personal witness of prayers made in the name of Jesus Christ. i felt like i could almost picture Heavenly Father sitting there smiling and nodding his head like "uh huh..yes..now youre getting it!" and what it was that i came to understand today is-->I am not worthy to pray. not because im a bad person--because im not--but because i am not perfect. ive made mistakes. i am unpure. and NO unclean thing can be in the presence of God. and praying is entering into His presence. like i said in my prayer today, i have a hard time picturing a loving father not wanting to hear their child's cry because of a little smudge on their face..or even covered in mud! God wants to talk to us regardless of the unworthiness of our state. and that's when it clicked. THAT is why we pray in the name of Jesus Christ. He is perfect. He can be in God's presence. so when we pray, we borrow his perfection--we lean on his merits--to snatch a few special moments of communication with our Father. God loves me. He wants to hear what i have to say. Jesus was sent to suffer and die and be perfect so that i could communicate with the Father. Prayer doesnt exist without the Savior. whoa...crying unto the Lord for help, pleading for comfort, begging for blessings, etc is NOT POSSIBLE without Jesus Christ. I love Him. I am so thankful for Him. I Know He Lives."
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