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"Greater
Love Hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
You
remember when you were little and you grew up singing, "I hope to be a
missionary." You envisioned yourself with the name badge and with the
white shirt and tie. You imagine getting the door slammed in your face, running
from the dogs, and seeing those crazy miracles everyone always talks about. You
encircled yourself with the thought of what it would be like to bring someone
to the truth and perceive what that must feel like. It is truly humbling to
know that the Lord has allowed me to experience all of these things. It is
truly humbling to see the Lord's hand every single day within the things I have
done. My experience as a missionary has in the simplest of terms transformed my
life into something greater than I could have ever made it. Notice in Matthew 4
when the Lord calls to His servants and pleads, "Follow Me, and I will
make you Fishers of men." Notice how it doesnt say come and make yourself
a Fisher of men. He says If you come, I will make you that way. In John 2 the
Lord when the Lord turns water into wine, we very seldom realize that he was
not only preforming the initiatory miracle of His Ministry but he was exampling
the very thing He said to His Apostles. He took something in its worthless form
and made it the best that it could be. How much does it cost to get water? Most
of the time its free and sometimes at a very low quality. How much does wine
cost? Some bottles of wine cost hundreds of thousands if not millions of
dollars. So it is a parallel of what the Lord can do to us if we allow him. My
Friends, I have experienced this in only a small amount and my soul continually
cries out to Him in prayer, "How Great Thou Art." I know that what I
have experienced is nothing but a sliver, a forerunner as to what the Lord has
in store for me. The mission has merely prepared me for the greatest and most
miraculous things to come. I am so very grateful that the Lord allowed me to
give my life for these people and I thank Him often with my tears.
My
Purpose will always be to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of
others. My life may change, trials may come, different joys may enter but that
purpose will never change. My mission has changed not only my life but my very
nature is different. The statement that I know that Jesus is the Christ is an
eternal truth. The Mission is just a spec of dust among the span of mortality
but oh my, what a wonderful spec. I often ponder of people, families, events,
companions, and many other things and it is truly humbling to me to know how
merciful our Father is to us. That He is willing to allow one such as I to
further His marvelous work is something beyond ones comprehension. There are so
many eternal truths which the Lord has made known unto us over the
dispensations and I am so grateful for the many times that the same Lord that
established these truths was generous enough to confirm them unto me. I have
truly seen the effects and influences of the adversary. He has truly reeked
unspeakable havoc upon myself and my family during the span of these years
while in my service. However, I have seen the Lord deliver us. I am just so
grateful and truly humbled for all He has done for me.
I
love our Savior... He is Everything to me... The least that I can do is help
others come to the same joy and peace which accompanies this information. I
would do anything for Him if he needed me too, for He is the Messiah and knows
all things as to bring us immortality and provide us Eternal Life. This is His
Church... The Book of Mormon is the word of God in every sense of that
phrase... He has made a perfect Plan for us... I know these things with
everything that I have... and I gladly bear them unto you in the very name of
Jesus Christ Himself.
"And
then someday when I stumble to the tree,
Ill fall down at the Feet
Of Him who drank that bitter cup,
and made this fruit so sweet."
Thanks
to all who have helped me.
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