Looking over my mission journal, I found a poem that I wrote in my last area. Here is original poem, followed by an English translation.
15 de octubre 2013 El tiempo siga volando Mi testimonio siempre creciendo Tras pruebas y dificultades de formas distintas Nuevas cosas se están aprendiendo Nuevas personas estoy conociendo ¿Tengo la capacidad para amar a todos? Jesucristo represento Su Evangelio enseño ¿Donde hay los que están preparados por la fe? “No teméis, no dudáis” Medito en mi corazón “Por cosas pequeñas el Señor lleva a cabo las cosas grandes” Soy pequeño pero con poder del Altísimo Prometo hacer mi parte Ésta es la obra del Señor October 15, 2013 Time keeps flying by My testimony always growing Through trials and difficulties of various forms I learn new things I meet new people Can I really love everyone? I represent Jesus Christ I teach His Gospel Where are those prepared by their faith? “Doubt not, fear not” I ponder in my heart “By small and simple things are great things brought to pass” I am small, but with power from the Almighty God I promise to do my part This is the work of the Lord
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Shortly before his death, Lehi delivers a doctrine-rich message to Jacob, his "firstborn in the days of [his] affliction in the wilderness" (2 Nephi 2:1). Lehi teaches that God consecrates--or “appropriates to sacred uses”--our afflictions for our gain ("consecrate," Websters Dictionary 1828).
Jesus Christ’s grace is free; redemption comes in and through Jesus Christ, who is full of grace and truth. Eternal law requires that sin be punished. Jesus Christ offers himself a sacrifice for sin on the condition that we have a broken heart and contrite (worn or bruised) spirit ("contrite," Websters Dictionary 1828). What does it mean to be broken. The word “broken” many definitions, including “subdued completely: crushed, sorrowful” ("broken," Merriam Webster). The word broken is also used to describe taming and training (breaking) a horse. A horsemanship trainer named Mike Daniels wrote “I like to say ‘We get to play God’s role with horses so we have an idea what God is up against when he deals with us.’ Whether it be God dealing with us, or us dealing with our horses, a broken spirit essentially means we have come to the point where we are finally ready to listen. (https://houstonherald.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/horse-sense-broken-spirit/). My goal this week is to align my will to that of my Trainer—to be ready to listen to his guidance. For with God nothing shall be impossible Sometimes we, like Simon, have worked as hard as we think we can, but have no fish to show for it. At those times, when our nets are up and our ship is back on shore, Jesus invites us to "launch out into the deep and let down our nets for a catch."
Simons’ response was "Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net." In the Garden of Eden, Jesus was asked to do more than he felt capable of doing. “Father, if thou be willing, take this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” It is hard; I don’t think I can. Nevertheless. It is the act of saying nevertheless, and submitting our will to God’s, even if it seems impossible, that allows us to experience the enabling power of Christ’s mercy and experience miracles in our lives. Mary, when told she would conceive the son of God, said “How will this be?” (Simon: How can I catch fish? Jesus: How can I drink this bitter cup?) Yet she, like Simon and Jesus (and unlike her husband, who wavered as we often do) said an unspoken nevertheless, followed by “Behold the handmaiden of the Lord, be it according to thy will.” I bear testimony that when we submit completely to the will of the Lord, He provides a way. Like Simon, we find a great multitude of fishes in barren waters. Like Mary and Elizabeth, we find children in barren wombs. Like Jesus, we accomplish our missions and achieve the inconceivable. For with God nothing shall be impossible. |
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