Sorry this letter will be short but this week has been great! It started off with me reading the Book of Job in the Old Testament. This has been a small part of my personal study for most of the week, and as we say in Thai: pau dii waa (as fate would have it). This week kind of felt like a “Job” week.
Everything
just kind of started falling apart for me and my companion, as far as the work
goes. And much like Job, we were in
shock after falling from our state of constantly receiving blessings. We had moments of wondering what we were doing
wrong and questioning why things were happening the way they were. But, also like Job, we found our answers.
1. There is always something we need to improve
on (I.e. we are never obedient or righteous enough).
2. God is greater than Man and it’s his purpose
to refine us into wise eternal beings.
3. But I would say the biggest blessing we received
was learning how to use the Atonement of Christ.
In Elder
Bednars Conference talk, last April, he shared this reminder with us. Not only does the Atonement of Jesus Christ
overcome the effects of the Fall of Adam and make possible the remission of our
individual sins and transgressions, but His Atonement also enables us to do
good and become better in ways that stretch far beyond our mortal capacities.
Most of us know that when we do things wrong and need help to overcome the
effects of sin in our lives, the Savior has made it possible for us to become
clean through His redeeming power. But
do we also understand that the Atonement is for faithful men and women who are
obedient, worthy, and conscientious and who are striving to become better and
serve more faithfully? I wonder if we
fail to fully acknowledge this strengthening aspect of the Atonement in our
lives and mistakenly believe we must carry our load all alone—through sheer
grit, willpower, and discipline and with our obviously limited capacities.
I can truly
say that this week, my companion and I learned to rely on the atonement to not
only wash away our mistakes become more obedient but to find joy in the work,
and receive the strength to carry the load that was placed upon us. I know that
through the atonement we can endure all things, and become stronger people. I know that the loads we are asked to carry
will build us. I know that we through
the gospel we can find Joy even when things don' t go our way. As we except the Lords will in our life and
the agency of others we will find peace daily. Here is to a week of receiving blessings and
learning daily.
I love you
all and here is a selfie I took with a member!
Love Sister
Marina A. Peterson
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