大家好！
■Highlites■
-請客s (qing ke's / member meals) for every single lunch and dinner this week! Absolutely insane
-Ate the best steak I've ever had in my entire life
-Learned how to 剝 (shell) a shrimp finally!
-Talked about Flat Earthers in Chinese
-Zone Conference!!
-Got invited to someones Family Reunion and got to see their 紅包 (red envelope) ceremony while paw patrol was playing in the background
-Got the rare chance to eat real Italian style pasta!!
■
READ THIS PART■
READ THIS PART■I have a lot of things I want to share but for now I will share two things:
1. --> Charity is more important than knowledge.
As someone who loves to learn, this was a really interesting revelation to me.
In the words of the Apostle Paul: "Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away" (1 Corinthians 13:8 (one of my favorites))
This helped me realize what an "eye single to the glory God" (D&C 4:5) actually means. I was always confused on how we were supposed to have a singular focus when it feels like there so many goods things in the world to focus on! It turns out, when Charity becomes your singular focus, everything else falls into place.
When Charity is main focus of your thoughts, it becomes the foundation of your actions, and therefore your home, job, relationships, goals, dreams, and life.
All these things become an extention of your Charity. When Christ comes again, that is all that will matter. Everything else will vanish away.
To live a life where Charity is the foundation is to live a Heavenly life. Whats more important than that? We need to live in a Heavenly way so that when we return to Heaven, we feel that we have truly come home :)
(I could say so much on Charity but this will suffice for now)
2. --> Baptism!
When we came to earth, we became separated from our Father in Heaven. I haven't had kids, but I can imagine it would be extremely nerve wracking to be knowingly separated from your children for an extended period of time, not knowing when you will truly be connected again. He loved us so much that He gave us the ability to choose to reestablish this connection!
This reestablishment of connection happens through baptism: the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost! We communicate with God through prayer, and he communicates with us through the Holy Ghost! The Holy ghost is more or less a bluetooth connection we have with Heaven!
This is why God is such relentless pursuit of us. He is longing to reestablish that connection with you!
3 Nephi 27:20 -->
Now this is the commandment: Repent, all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me and be baptized in my name, that ye may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye may stand spotless before me at the last day.
Don't forget the power and significance that comes from the covenants and blessings of baptism.
■Quotes■
"Elder Konishi...You're a Master!"
新年快樂！再見 (Happy New Year! )
Sister 吳ardle
Don't forget that discipleship = discipline! 加油！
Pictures: The Steak, LOTS of member meals, Zone Conference, The number of chairs represent how many transfers you've been out, The family reunion, more member meals, Martty visiting Sister Haslam
No comments:
Post a Comment