Mason's Mission Messages as he serves as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ in the Argentina, Salta Mission Jan 2023 - Jan 2025
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Hacer lo Bueno
Hacer lo Bueno
Recently, I have been thinking a lot about the counsel of the Prophet. To Think Celestial. But what does that really mean, and how can I apply that in my life.
I was going to write a few ways, but I'm a little low on time.
So here's one and some notes:
One of the ways is to seek His guidance to better come to understand to see and think with His perspective. And we can do so with the guidance of His Spirit.
Sometimes we may feel that we do not have the guidance, the spirit of the Lord in our lives. As the scriptures and living Prophets teach, that might mean one of two things:
1. It's about time to repent, and to follow the counsel of the Prophet to do so daily.
2. We're not looking for it.
Sometimes the Spirit is there, the Promptings, the Guidance...but we're just not looking, too distracted, or too blind to see it. I know this, because I have seen my personal failures with this. But it is something, I am actively trying to improve and I would like to invite you to do so as well. Whether to go to Church or not, to look for the hand of the Lord in Your Life. I know as you diligently and observantly seek to see it, you will. And as we seek for His spirit, do what we need to to have its constant companionship, we will His guidance through it.
It may not be Loud, it may not Shout, and we probably won't see a sign. But it will be there.
As I have looked for it this past couple days, I have seen it in many ways, here are some noted from just one day:
An inspired idea or comment of a friend or companion
Prompting to speak with, uplift someone you might not naturally feel like talking to (or comfortable). And then the feeling of joy and peace to do so.
To say the words that someone needs to hear, now, in this moment,. (And you will be the revelacion for them)
The feeling to quickly look for joy in the difficulties, fix your attitude
To share a specific scripture from studies (that were also guided) the day of, or another day (A quick note to that: Sometimes as we follow the Lord and His counsel it might feel as if it doesn't pay off, but it always does, in His time. Like a past study that will later influence your life or prepare to the opportunity to help someone else in theirs)
The inspiracion that is confirmed by someone receiving the same
The Spirit works in many ways, and I'm glad it does because I don't think it'd be the same if it was always super blatante. But it does always, invited us to
Hacer lo Bueno - To do What is Good
13 But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do agood continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and benticeth to do cgood, and to love God, and to serve him, is dinspired of God.
16 For behold, the aSpirit of Christ is given to every bman, that he may cknow good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God.
And here's some notes:
Alma 31
To see your circumstances as He would
Sometimes the office makes it difficult to have a lot of time doing what we love to do most, which is to find, invite, and help people come unto Christ. But we are doing all we can, Elder Pedro and I, to change that, so that not only us but future missionaries here in the office will be able to focus on that as well. Focus and prioritize as the Prophet has instructed.
Days here are a bit challenging in the office, especially when we start blanqueando (when we get to an area that neither of us know) the area. One of these days I recall well.
It was a monday, we had planned well for the week, and the day. We worked well in the office so we could get to the area after our district meeting at 6. We got a Remis (Taxi) set to pick us up right at the end of the meeting, and went flying to our area. But when we got there, we did not find the success we were looking for. But as I reflected on our day, I was so happy, and I couldn't understand why. We witnessed many rejections of not us, but the savior as we tried to share of His message. But we invited every single person we saw to come unto Christ that day, and shared with His spirit, our testimonies of Him, and tried to help them to grow theirs as well. From the recent convert who rejected his testimony and did not long to find it again, a friend who lost the faith in that all that God asks of us is for our benefit, and a Taxi driver who, through the struggles of His life, has lost His faith in Christ. We imperfectly shared, tried to understand, love, and invite every one of them, as He would
38 And the Lord provided for them that they should hunger not, neither should they thirst; yea, and he also gave them strength, that they should suffer no manner of aafflictions, save it were swallowed up in the joy of Christ. Now this was according to the prayer of Alma; and this because he prayed in bfaith.
Love you, bye.
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