First I hope everyone had a
great week and hope that everyone received a spiritual experience along the
way. I learned a lot this week
The first is
1. let
him have your heart
in "come thou fount" it says
"O
to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee
Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above"
Let thy goodness like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee
Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above"
I think the
last verse of this hymn is so important because like it says in D&C we must
serve with all our heart, might, mind, and
strength.
If we follow all the
commandments with our hearts, because we love him then "it benefits
us" if we do things that way (scriptures somewhere). We have to believe
that it can happen even if we don't understand how it does work (Alma 33:12)
2. daily
strength
It benefits us nothing if we do
not apply the atonement over and over again. Sometimes we might find that we
are embarrassed because we made another mistake, and we have to use it again,
but the great thing about the atonement is that it is infinite. it is by small
and simple things that great things come to pass. it is reading our scriptures
every day, pouring out our hearts, that we get a personal relationship with
him. https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2011-09-016-flecks-of-gold?lang=eng
"the patient accumulation
of these little flecks has given me great wealth." and we have to daily
remember him. It starts with our thoughts. We have to choose where our thoughts
are and in turn where our heart will be. It will not be easy but eventually you
will see that thinking what God wants us to think will be so much easier and
worth it because it brings us so much more happiness. We have to follow the
commandments daily, and make it a choice, something more than a habit, then it
will mean something and you will get something from it
If you are seeking an answer. I
don't know how you expect one if you don't read and pray and put forth your
best effort, you will never be sensitive enough to the spirit to get the answer
that will change your life.
3. glory
finally we give all the glory to
God (alma 26:11-12, 26:16,) We give all the Glory to him. He made
everything happen, and gave us all the experiences so that we could touch
people in the certain way that they needed to be touched. it is all because of
him we don't deserve any credit at all
4.
Really??
yes all of these things are true
like in "a poor wayfaring man of grief" it says
Then
in a moment to my view
The
stranger started from disguise.
The
tokens in his hands I knew;
The Savior stood before mine eyes.
He
spake, and my poor name he named,
"Of
me thou hast not been ashamed.
These
deeds shall thy memorial be;
Fear
not, thou didst them unto me."
I know that these things are true, and that “You never know. You never know whether you do any good. You never know how much good you do.” (press Hinkley https://www.lds.org/liahona/2003/11/to-the-women-of-the-church?lang=eng)
I know that these things are true, that
we do have a prophet today. I know that hymns do touch our lives and like
nothing else can. Let us be humble seekers of happiness and as Pres Eyring
says "love is a gift" so let us seek to love and touch those that we
have been sent by God to touch in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.Elder Chou's first mid-autumn festival in Hong Kong.
Enjoyed wonderful dinner with members in Kowloon City.
Enjoyed hiking with members and investigators on p-day. Hiking 1.5 hour on Tsing Yi.
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