{Letter #75} Til We Meet Again

Hi everyone! It's been a great week here! We weren't allowed to leave our apartment until Friday due to the snow and ice on the road.

After that things have just been absolutely crazy!

We went to the temple today. It was Elder Shaw's departing temple trip. He completes his mission this Friday.

The temple is amazing! It is the house of the Lord! No place is as holy or sacred as the temple.

If you haven't been or haven't been recently, go! At least just visit the grounds. You will feel peace!

We also had Stake Conference (a congregation from a larger area) for church this Sunday! That was awesome! A couple specific reasons why:

-we got recruited to sing in the choir last minute
-we had 3 of our friends come on Sunday
-Elder McKay from the Quorum of the Seventy was there

The biggest takeaway from this church was the importance of the Sabbath day. The Sabbath day is as holy and sacred as the temple.

We cannot let our activities on the Sabbath become commonplace. They should be sacred activities! As we do this we will know Jesus Christ in a newer and more personal way!

My spiritual thought for today is going to come from Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

"The beauty of the gospel is that we can be forgiven as we repent—and the Lord wants us to repent without delay. If you make a mistake,... repent in that moment and keep trying to live His law. This is part of being a disciple of Christ."

I love this! Repentance is not God's backup plan for if we mess up. Repentance is God's plan.

Always has been. Always will be.

If we were all perfect always that would be Satan's plan.

So follow Christ! Turn to Him! Repent! Discover the joy of repenting daily! Discover the joy of Jesus Christ!