Hello Everyone,
I'm hitting my final weeks. I try not to think about home but I have everyone(My companions) reminding me how many days I have left(10 days) Crazy stuff. I always looked at these days at the start of my mission as something that will never come. But time continues.
I had a couple revelations yesterday at church and at the end of the day. One of them came as I thought about what God needs me to do before I go home. Last week God told me to focus on people. This week he told me to be the same disciple of Jesus Christ as I am now when I'm home. When I sat at sacrament meeting I saw a couple people on social media during the sacrament, a couple of which were returned missionaries. The Spirit hit me hard that it is not acceptable to God that I become that kind of person. I have learned from my mission experience and if I don't apply anything I've learned then what was it for? The second thing the Spirit told me I need to do is to plan my days as if I'm going to be here forever, even though I only have 10 days left. I thought about Alexander Hamilton, how when he went to Aaron Burr for a duel to the death he knew that he was most likely going to die. Even still, he had a 2 o'clock appointment set and confirmed that he knew he wasn't going to be there for, but he still planned.
It's funny, sometimes I receive spiritual promptings and revelations and I think "Man, this revelation thing makes so much sense." and the next moment I'm sitting here thinking "How does this revelation thing work again?"
This week was crazy busy at the office. From Monday to Thursday I only spent 1 hour in my area, a total of 14 hours in my week. But I'm not too worried. At the end of each day I felt God's approval. I felt that I did some good. That has been my measure of success these days. Not in how many people I taught or contacted. But in how much good I did that day. The hymn "Have I done any good in the world today" At the end it says "If not I have failed indeed"
It's all about the people. It's all about God's children.
I love you all. I'll see most of you soon, some of you later and a few of you in a long time.
Elder Smith.
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