One of the best things about being a missionary is that I get to talk about Jesus all the time!! Its the best! There is a scripture in The Book of Mormon that I love..
"And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies" -2 Nephi 25:26
That Scripture truly does describe what we do as missionaries. We spend our days TALKING to people about Christ. We have the awesome job of teaching people about how a relationship with Jesus Christ WILL bless their lives. Then we get to REJOICE in Christ. We get to see people grow and change through repenting of their sins and accepting the atonement of our beloved Savior Jesus Christ. It has been an amazing experience to see the light of Christ in people, to see how people's lives improve because of their knowledge of Jesus Christ. We spend our time PREACHING and PROPHESYING of how the restored gospel of Jesus Christ has blessed our lives and we get to share the promise in the scriptures of how it will bless the lives of all who will receive it! And in our mission we get to write according to the prophecies in our blogs! How great is that?The most important thing that we teach people is that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. It reminds me of that famous verse the New Testament, John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
Our Father in Heaven loves us so much that he created a means by which we could return to him. He knew that we would sin when we came to this earth so he created a means by which we can be forgiven and become like him. He allowed his beloved Son, Jesus Christ to suffer for our sins in the garden of Gethsemane and to suffer and die on the cross for us so that we could be cleansed from all our sins and have everlasting eternal life! The best gift we could ever get. As missionaries we get to talk to people about this beautiful message. We love the Bible and teach from it often and God has given us more scripture, The Book of Mormon that compliments and clarifies the teachings in the Bible. Check out http://mormon.org/ and find out more or meet with a missionary just like me! http://mormon.org/missionaries/
I love being reminded of how we can repent and become like our Savior through the atonement. It is an amazing blessing. You are doing incredible work for him Tam!! Love and miss you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ang! The atonement is key! We should always be repenting and giving up our sins, it should be a daily action. If you think about it the birth of the Savior is really so significant because of the atonement! I love it and I love you!
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