helaman 11: 1 - 20
when has a "famine" in your life brought you closer to God? what blessings did you see by getting through it?
--> there are a number of times i could speak to, but i was thinking this morning about times of famine on my mission in calgary, canada. the people of calgary are warm and friendly as a general rule, but many are wealthy and worship money as their God. they are happy and have everything they need monetarily, so they don't see a need for anything else in their lives. there were definitely times we had a famine of investigators. i often wondered what more i needed to be doing. what else did i need to figure out or fast about or pray about or work out with the Lord to see success? when would the famine end? even sometimes when i felt like i was doing all i could do, no investigators came. strange as it sounds, i think this grew my confidence in the Lord and His timing. i really learned that no matter how hard i worked, it was never up to me when we would find someone that was ready to hear the gospel. i think about my mission nearly every day, and really appreciate the lessons i learned while serving. the lesson about trusting the Lord's timing is so applicable every single day. especially in the dating realm, or anything i feel like i am righteously waiting for and anxiously wanting to happen.
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