Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Jesus Take The Wheel

Hey y'all!

Time flies when we're serving the Lord & the mosquitos are back in action! Within a 10 minute time span I began to see at least 9 bites forming. Note to self: Bug spray saves happy skin.. I just have to remember to put it on. Fortunately I have multiple reminders up and down my legs :)

Anyways, this week was great! Sister McKay and I were driving and I pulled over next to the wrong home because the house numbers here are backward (at least it seems so), so I figured we could walk and talk to people on the way. When we got out of the car, a car drove super fast past us and began to slow down after a few feet. It had almost come to a full stop when the back door opened and a man jumped out. It looked like something out of a movie, aaaand he stuck the landing! He had a backpack on and looked to me like he was waiting for an uplifting message about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. God always leads us where we need to be :) We crossed the street and began talking to him, come to find out he was pretty upset. He had a 10 mile hike ahead, so we tried to give him something to read along the way. He said he liked to think while walking, so I offered a scripture that he could reflect upon & he accepted. I shared a scripture that occurred when Christ visited the Nephites in America. He asked me to repeat it, and he said he had just read that in Isaiah the day prior. Pretty neat, he wanted to read more in the Book of Mormon so we gave him a copy. 

We got back to the car and had several minutes before we had to head home, so I looked at Sister McKay and told her we were going to play a game. Now no part of me believes that God's work is a game, however I do believe that we are here to invite souls unto Christ & I find the best way to do it is to be bold, prayerful, willing, and sometimes impulsive. The most spiritual experiences for me occur when I submit my will and allow God to lead. So I told her on our drive home we would pull over and talk to the first person outside that God puts in our path. We got pretty close to home before we saw someone, but lo and behold there was a large man walking our way as we came up to an intersection. We pulled into an IHOP parking lot and ran over to him. We told him we promised God we would talk to him and I noticed he put his cigarrette out. We walked with him back to his apartment and talked with him. He was pretty cool and had actually just met the Elders at the grocery store that week haha. 

We walked back to our car and saw a man and a woman by their cars & headed over to them. She was drying his car and he was headed back inside because his break was over. We talked to her for a bit and we invited her to hear our message. She accepted and wanted to learn more :)

I strive my best to imagine everyone we meet willing to accept the gospel because I know we are all children of God. This gospel can bless anyone and will as they come to know it's true and act upon their faith. "Perception is reality!" Something they say on base that stuck with me. 

Sometimes during my study I want a snack and I get up multiple times and its super frustrating because it disrupts my learning but I am a human being so what am I to do right? Well, I was reading in Preach My Gospel and I read 
"Pray to overcome temptation. Yielding to temptation interferes with the Spirit". It's so true! So I said a prayer and let me tell y'all, I had a 100% attention span and no appetite for the rest of my studies. #hallelujah Praying with faith is important, they complement each other. Faith without works is dead, sometimes we just have to take things day by day. 

2 Nephi 9:39
"O, my beloved brethren, remember the awfulness in transgressing against that Holy God, and also the awfulness of yielding to the enticings of that cunning one. Remember, to be carnally-minded is death, and to be spiritually-minded is life eternal"

I love y'all! I hope y'all had an awesome Fathers day, always remember you have an incredible Father in heaven who loves you unconditionally. No matter how fast the car you jump out of is going, the type of car you're driving (or drying), or temptation you may be having. He loves your every quirk ;)

Have a happy week,
Sister Morrill

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