This week I learned many things. I feel so thankful for Heavenly Fathers perfection and His perfect love for us. I realize that even when I think that He maybe isnt aware of us or He doesnt care, He has a purpose in all His ways. I believe in His perfection and that is what gives me peace. I know that He loves me in spite of my weaknesses. I am so thankful with Him for letting me see, experience, and learn so many things on my mission. This week was a little difficult. When I was in Puerto Peñasco, we were working pretty hard. When I got here, I was a little disappointed with the lack of work here. It was kind of strange going from working hard to zero. I was struggling a lot and Satan putting a lot of lies into my head. I was getting depressed. But, one thing that helped me this week when I was in our General Conference and Elder Uchtdorf talked about Job. Later that night I went back to our house and read Jobs story. I had forgotten the story a little bit but as I read I slowly started to remember what they had taught me once when I was younger. Job had so many things happened him that Heavenly Father let happen to test his obedience and his love to Him. In spite of all the things that happened him from his flock being killed to recieving sicknesses Job was faithful and did not sin.
22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
What faithfulness! This story made me think a lot. With an eternal perspecitve and remembering of the Plan of Salvation trusting in Gods perfection, we can move through our problems. I learned an important lesson. And like Job, I gave thanks to God for His perfection and for His desire to make me better. I love Him and I wish to serve Him and I hope He can always trust in me.
1 Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
10 And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
I testify that the Lord lets hard things happen to us because He loves us and wants us to be better. Many times we dont understand why He does certain things but His ways are not our ways.
8 ¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Trust in Heavenly Father and trust in His time. Hold on and He wont let you go. He loves you all and so do I.
Elder Smith
