The Lord humbles you if you don´t humble yourself to bring you to Him. I see that all around me and in myself too. You don´t realize how prideful you are when you first leave on your mission. "What? no, I´m humble, I´m fine" you think. BAhaha.. yeah uh huh. sure. Nope. You learn you are pretty darn proud. I´m learning that right now but I´m thankful for it because I think deep down I do want to be humble. Humility does not mean weakness or shyness. It´s strength from Heavenly Father. It means realizing that Heavenly Father´s will is more important to follow than your own. It´s doing what He askes. It´s giving up little things that maybe are probably fine and good for something better or best, which is what He always has in store for us. It means love, love unfeigned (which means unpretended--the things you learn reading the scriptures in another language... who knew i´d learn more English by learning Portuguese?). It means hard work. It means sincerity, being genuine.
You also don´t realize how much of a sinner you are before your mission, or at least I didn´t. I thought I was doing fine. I went to church, I didn´t do bad stuff, I did my best... which is what Heavenly Father wants us to do but He wants me to be something more than that and I can only be better by coming to Jesus Christ and humbling myself so He can show me my weaknesses (which is NO fun) but in the end of each experience like that I am better. I come closer to Them and realize more and more that They really are there and They love me and want me to be the best person I can be at every stage of my life.
tune in next time for Deep Thoughts from Sister Sharmey.
love.
sis shumway
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