Become Like Unto A Pumpkin..

Well sort of.. 

           You may think to yourself,

"What do I have in common with a Pumpkin??"

              

My little sister sent me this story

In my recent Halloween package!

It goes like this:

"Coming to Christ

Is a lot like being a pumpkin..

God picks you from the patch,

Brings you in and washes all of the dirt off of you.

Then He cuts off the top 

and scoops out all the yucky stuff.

He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed.

Then He carves a smiling face

And puts His Light inside of you

To shine for all the world to see!"

This one is just 

short and sweet for you!

Like a nice piece of pumpkin pie!

Remember!

God loves you, He knows who you are, and He knows what you stand in need of. He is there for you and wants to help you become your best you!

"Be assured that the Savior loves you so much that He made it possible for you to change and to repent if you make a mistake. Satan does not want you to think you can change. He will try to convince you that all is lost. That is a lie. You can return. You can repent. You can be pure and holy because of the Savior's infinite Atonement." 

—Elaine S. Dalton

A Special Day: Saturday..

What all goes on throughout one of your normal weeks?

Think for a minute..

For me a lot of things can happen. Sometimes good things, others can be bad things.

In the world we live in today it seems like of the stuff attacks the faith we have!

Our daily life "erodes" our personal faith. 

God knew that we would have to go through seemingly long and difficult weeks.

That is why we have been given the Sabbath! 

It is a great blessing!

The sole purpose of keeping the Sabbath Day Holy 

is to rebuild our faith each and every week! 

It is here to sanctify and make us holy!

It is like turning night to day!

When I have had a bad week, I always feel

So much better after attending a church service!

7 reasons!

1. To know God.
2. To feed our spirit. (Just like a growing boy, your spirit needs to be fed often!)
3. Provides service to others.
4. We are able to renew our covenants or promises that we have made with God.
5. Renewal of our body and spirit (After church I feel like I can take on whatever is thrown at me!)
6. The building of Faith.
7. Association with other believers!  ("For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." -Matthew 18:20)

"Saturday is a special day.

It's the day we get ready for Sunday:

We clean the house, and we shop at the store,

So we won't have to work until Monday.

We brush our clothes, and we shine our shoes,

And we call it our get-the-work-done day.

Then we trim our nails, and we shampoo our hair,

So we can be ready for Sunday!"

Will you physically, mentally, and spiritually prepare yourself every Saturday for the Sundays in your life?

I know that as you do, you will be blessed! 

You will enjoy attending church so much more. 

You will also gain more knowledge of God and Jesus Christ!

Time To Ammon-ize..

Alright Y'all... 

Sorry about missing last week, 
We were super busy up here in Paducah, KY.
But! I have a treat for you this week!


Look here, 
this is what we have going on today.. 

Are you ready??

3..

2..

1!!

I don't know what it really is.. 
But I have seen a few out here in Tennessee and Kentucky.
What ever they are.. They are pretty creepy!
They can jump like a cricket,
And walk like a spider,
So we named them Spider-Crickets!

Good name right?

As a missionary,

we get a lot of opportunities to serve our friends in the communities where we serve!

I absolutely LOVE it!

The scriptures teach us

"..when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.."

How does that make you feel about when you serve others?

Service is a great way to show others that I believe in Christ! 

It gives me the chance to do as He would do.

Jesus Christ was always serving others when he walked the earth 2,000 years ago. The people that He loved always came first (which is everyone!) no matter what he was doing.

Throughout the scriptures there are many great examples of people showing their love for Christ by helping others. 

One of my favorites is...

AMMON!

He is a missionary in the Book of Mormon.

One story about him and his service starts in Alma chapter 17.

He shows great character in how we should treat people and offer the help we can.

I have a commitment for y'all.

Will you

Seek out an opportunity to serve at least one person each day this coming week?

Feel free to continue this pattern throughout your life!

It will make the world a better place!! 

Steel Sharpens Steel.

Celestial.


Choices..

What do you think when you

hear the word "Celestial"?

Paul tells of varying glories in the scriptures.

"There are also celestial bodies, and bodies 

terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory."

So we can relate this to the different choices we can make.

-Best/Celestial/Sun
-Better/ Terrestrial/Moon
-Good/ Telestial/Stars

All of the time in the Scriptures it is usually talking about normal people that made the RIGHT choice to follow God while going through adversity. 

Sometimes the adversity they were facing was a HUGE problem,

other times it was a small problem.

But they made the right choice; a Celestial Choice!

In life we face many different things..

-Trials- Ex: sickness, death, broken bones

-Troubles- Ex: can come from decisions we make. Maybe not immediate, could come later on in life.

-Afflictions- Ex: Trials and troubles that come to us from other's choices that they make.

God is always there for us, He is our loving Heavenly Father. He loves us perfectly. He doesn't want us to suffer. He is here to help, guide, and strengthen us. 

            -If you are a parent, think of how much you love your children.

The things we go through and experience in our lives are there to help us grow and to become more like our Father in Heaven.

"And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."

-Helaman 5:12