July 23, 2018
Hey everyone!
Consider how a farmer depends upon the unchanging pattern of planting and harvesting. Understanding the connection between sowing and reaping is a constant source of purpose and influences all of the decisions and actions a farmer undertakes in all seasons of the year. In like manner, the inseparable connection between the ordinances of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost should impact every aspect of our discipleship in all seasons of our lives."
It honestly blows my mind to think about how Heavenly Father has given us a third member of the Godhead to tarry with us at all times. This precious gift is what cleans us each sacrament meeting to become just a little bit better. This is all great things to know but at the bottom line, it requires spiritual work to pray and communicate with our Heavenly Father. My invitation to each of us is when was the last time you got down on your knees to pray to our Heavenly Father with the expectation to walk away with a game plan you and your Heavenly Father have created together? May we pray on our knees and out loud in humble prayer. Our Heavenly Father will speak back when we create the environment for him to speak back, and we are ready to receive the revelation we are worthy of.
It's funny how the weeks just go on by sometimes. We had some pretty cool experiences this week. We were driving back from Garden Valley, which is about a 30 min drive through windy roads from horseshoebend. We needed to get to sweet, Idaho which is 20 min from Horseshoebend so we decided to take this back round that goes up over the mountain instead of through the mountain. So there we were out in the middle of nowhere! I was taking a look at our area book app and it plots all the people in the ward and people we work with on a map (which is super nice to have) I saw that there were two members that lived way out here. The thought came in my mind,"hey we should go contact these two members." Out of the two houses, one of them really stood out to me. We tried the first house and no one answered, and really looked like no one has been there for a while haha. We pulled up to the next house and knock on the door. As we wait you hear someone say,"who could be knocking on my door?" The door opens. And we meet Riley. She is about a year older then me, but after talking she had some interest in visiting with us and learning more so that was a really awesome faith-building experience. God is in the details. We had another experience yesterday where we turned down the wrong road but while we were going down I had the thought come to me that maybe there is someone on this road that we are supposed to meet! As we drove down looking for a place to turn the car around. One of the houses stood out to me.. and I thought. That's it. SO we parked the car at the end of the road and walked back to the house. we knock on the door. AND. A guy opens the door we try to introduce ourselves but he kept acting like he couldn't understand what we were saying so he closed the door. So we turned around and walked off his porch. I looked across the street and saw another guy outside so we walked over to talk to him (even though he was trying to hide) After talking to him he said we could come back and talk with him. It makes me chuckle sometimes when I think about what the Lord has in store for you. Sometimes he wants you to get rejected so that the timing will be right for another opportunity!
My thought from the week comes from an excerpt of a talk by Elder David A. Bednar, "Always retain a remission of your sins"
"As members of the Lord’s restored Church, we are blessed both by our initial cleansing from sin associated with baptism and by the potential for an ongoing cleansing from sin made possible through the companionship and power of the Holy Ghost—even the third member of the Godhead.
Consider how a farmer depends upon the unchanging pattern of planting and harvesting. Understanding the connection between sowing and reaping is a constant source of purpose and influences all of the decisions and actions a farmer undertakes in all seasons of the year. In like manner, the inseparable connection between the ordinances of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost should impact every aspect of our discipleship in all seasons of our lives."
It honestly blows my mind to think about how Heavenly Father has given us a third member of the Godhead to tarry with us at all times. This precious gift is what cleans us each sacrament meeting to become just a little bit better. This is all great things to know but at the bottom line, it requires spiritual work to pray and communicate with our Heavenly Father. My invitation to each of us is when was the last time you got down on your knees to pray to our Heavenly Father with the expectation to walk away with a game plan you and your Heavenly Father have created together? May we pray on our knees and out loud in humble prayer. Our Heavenly Father will speak back when we create the environment for him to speak back, and we are ready to receive the revelation we are worthy of.
keep smiling
Elder Gerrard
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