This week has been
the best and worst week of my entire life. The lows were so low but I would go
through those lows 100 times more to have just a glimpse of the highs that I
had this week over again.
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| Sis Rackley, Sister Ingold, Sister King and I teaching about the plan of Salvation and giving out Halloween candy outside the Insitute |
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This week I
learned that the Atonement is spelled C.H.A.N.G.E. When we are changing and
becoming more like our Savior we are using the Atonement. When we start reading
our scriptures again we are using the Atonement. When we start having family
home evening we are using the Atonement. When we follow the commandments with
more exactness we are using the Atonement. The Atonement is everywhere. So many
of us think that the Atonement is only there for us when we sin. But that is
not true. I have learned that the Atonement literally is the center of Heavenly
Father's plan because without it we could not progress.
So many of us are
afraid of change. We like what we like and how we like it. But that is not our
Father in Heavens plan. He doesn't want us to stay exactly the same. If that
was the plan there would be no purpose in us coming to earth. We would
literally be here to waste time and get a body. Yes, getting a body was a huge
part of our purpose to come to earth but it doesn't stop there. Part of our
purpose here on earth is to use the Atonement and by using the Atonement we
become like Him.
We talk a lot
about how on a mission you are constantly ripped from your comfort zone. You
were comfortable at home and then you get thrown into the MTC. You were
comfortable in the MTC then you get set to a new place with a new culture. Then
when you are just barely comfortable in your area you are sent to a new area
with new people and a new companion and this happens every six weeks. Why is it
they don't want to leave us in our comfort zone? A mission is hard enough being
ripped from the first comfort zone of home why does it have to happen again and
again? It happens again and again because when we get comfortable we stop
changing. We stop progressing and using the Atonement to the fullest capacity
that we can. People always say you grow so much on your mission and it is so
true. But you grow so much because you are constantly being thrown outside of
your comfort zone and in doing so you must learn to change. You must learn to
rely on the Atonement.
I love that our
Heavenly Father gave us this plan. This perfect plan. That by using the
Atonement we go from good people to better and from better people to best and,
even though we won't make it in this life but the Atonement makes it possible
for us to be perfect like our Father in Heaven as well. Everything goes back to
the Atonement.
You don't have to
be a missionary to use the Atonement. You don't have to change your environment
every six weeks to use to Atonement. The only thing you need to do is be
willing to change. Be willing to give your will to the Father.
We have an
investigator that is such an amazing example of this. Her name is Monica and
she has only had 2 lessons with us but she is already experiencing amazing
blessing from the Atonement. She came to church for the first time on Sunday
and she told me that she had no clue what LDS people wore to church so she
googled it. While reading it she learned about modesty and so she changed her
wardrobe right then. She wanted to change and so she did so. She wanted to use
the Atonement so she gave her will to the Father and was willing to change
through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
This week I want
to challenge you to see one thing in your life that you could use the Atonement
with. One thing that you can change to become more like our Father in
Heaven.
I love this gospel
with everything that I am. I love that I can be changed through the Atonement
because I don't want to be the person I was before my mission. I want to
continue to use the Atonement and grow to the person my Father in Heaven knows
I can. But I can't do it without Him. Rely on Him. Trust Him.
THIS CHURCH IS SO
TRUE!
- Sister Wade(:
D&C 6:34
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