This past week was INCREDIBLE! Hermana Robles and I were able to throw ourselves into this work, and we saw miracles.
One
of my favorite parts of this week was our Multi-Zone Conference on
Wednesday. President Dester is always so inspired. This conference, he
spoke about our Heavenly Father. His attributes, His goodness, and the
ability we have to become like Him. At the very end, he said something
that made me cry. (I think his closing remarks at every zone conference
make me cry, hahaha.) He began saying that thoughts that we are not
good enough, that we aren't making a difference, that we should just go
home, do NOT come from God. They come from the adversary. I love this
mission, but I have had many moments when I have felt worthless. When I
have felt as though I do not make a difference and I should just give
up. I should just go home. But when he said that, I was filled to the
brim with God's love for me. No, I'm not perfect, but God doesn't
expect me to be perfect. He expects me to try my best and give my all,
but He already understands that it won't be enough.
And has already provided a way to make up for what I lack.
He also shared the following from a speech given by elder Tad R. Callister:
"There is a sentiment among many in the world that we are the spirit
creations of God, just as a building is the creation of its architect or
a painting the creation of its painter or an invention the creation of
its inventor. The scriptures teach, however, a much different doctrine.
They teach that we are more than creations of God; they teach that we
are the literal spirit offspring or children of God our Father.1 What
difference does this doctrinal distinction make? The difference is
monumental in its consequence because our identity determines in large
measure our destiny. For example, can a mere creation ever become like
its creator? Can a building ever become an architect? A painting a
painter? Or an invention an inventor? If not, then those who believe we
are creations of God, rather than His spirit offspring, reach the
inevitable conclusion that we do not have the capacity to become like
our creator, God. In essence, their doctrine of identity has defined and
dictated a diminished destiny.
On
the other hand, as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, we believe that we are the spirit offspring of God with
inherited spiritual traits that give us the divine potential to become
like our parent, God the Father. As to this identity, President Packer
has written:
You
are a child of God. He is the father of your spirit. Spiritually you
are of noble birth, the offspring of the King of Heaven. Fix that truth
in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal
ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of
your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!2
The
difference between man and God is significant—but it is one of degree,
not kind. It is the difference between an acorn and an oak tree, a
rosebud and a rose, a son and a father. In truth, every man is a
potential god in embryo, in fulfillment of that eternal law that like
begets like."
I love you all so much. May God keep you always!
LOVE;
Hermana Grondel :)
Hermana Grondel :)
P.S. this is awesome!!!
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