see a hug surge of miracles, a slow week follows thus, but that's
alright! Basically, it gives me a chance to excercise my faith to get
THROUGH those hard weeks, and deserve the blessings that Heavenly
Father sees fit to bestow upon me! I've been really trying to figure
out what my Companion and I could do differently to affect the work
here in White Rock, hoping to come up with something that could help
me find more investigators... then I decided to crack open Preach my
Gospel and midnight last night when I couldn't sleep ( story of my
life :[ ). It was probably the most productive study I've had in
MONTHS, and thank goodness, because I can't tell you how much more
pumped I am! I figured out the root of my problem....
Faith. Faith is the basis upon which all things are given unto man
kind, and Alma 32 kind of slapped me in the face on the things that
are required to properly understand the blessings that are given to
us.. and in order for us to understand anything pertaining to the
kingdom of God. Lately, my faith has been as up and down as the waves
of the Sea, so no wonder all of my weeks have been up and down as
well! I forgot one of the own "words of wisdom" that I learned in the
MTC. " As a missionary, you are required to constantly and
consistently set goals, act, reevaluate, and adjust in order to meet
those goals." Its amazing to me how forgetful I am ( Not really, I AM
the one who lost the mission car after having parked it on a small
side street LOL ). But I am now re committing myself to study the
things which are so incredibly paramount to the great Lord's work of
Salvation, and I can feel my faith growing, as does my understanding
of the importance of the Savior's atonement.
In my studies, I "tore apart" Alma 32-34, and gained from it SO much
insight as to why Faith, is necessary for mankind to have. For those
who do not have a Christian background, upon what basis are they
supposed to understand Jesus Christ at all?! Let alone his incredible
gift to all of us. But looking at a logical side, the scriptures tell
us that God, is a God of Order. And because God is a God of Order, he
has laws in which he requires us to obey. The scriptures also tell us
that is no respector of persons, meaning he doesn't give unfair favor
to one person or another. If God is a God of Order, and no respector
of persons, then he requires us to obey his laws, "in addition to
obeying those laws himself." Otherwise, he would be hypocritical,
correct?? So here we look at the laws of Justice:
No un clean thing can live in the presence of God, and this is why
those who disobey the laws, or sin, are "cast out" or put in other
places ( Not necessarily hell) For more understanding on this, ask a
Mormon, or read the Bible on "varying degrees of glory".
God does not appear to ever single man, because how much more " in
trouble" would we be if we made a mistake having seen him and known
him perfectly, than if we had simply had faith and believed he was
there?? See Alma 32
19 And now, how much amore bcursed is he that cknoweth the dwill of
God and doeth it not, than he that only believeth, or only hath cause
to believe, and falleth into etransgression?
20 Now of this thing ye must judge. Behold, I say unto you, that it is
on the one hand even as it is on the other; and it shall be unto every
man according to his work. "
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