Many things have been changing around here. But through it all, I have come to learn that God is near and that He loves us no matter what! I am training a new companion and been helping her learn to love the missionary life. But, through this experience, I have come to learn even more how imperfect I am. I have made a lot of mistakes and each day strive to do better. But as I have been praying and asking for my Heavenly Father's help to do better and be something more, I have felt his love more abundantly in my life. I have come to love a scripture in Romans 8:35-39 written by Paul:"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loves us.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Nothing can separate us from the love of God. "God is love." (1John 4:8) He is perfect in lpving us. There is nothing that we might have done that would prevent God from loving us. We are his children, He is patient with us. He understands our struggles and our weaknesses. This is why God allowed his only Begotten Son to come and atone for us because He knew that we needed it.
Start today! Make today the day that you "cleave unto the Lord." (Joshua 23:8) He loves you. No matter where you have been, what you have done, what you have said, what you have thought, turn to the Lord. If you have the sincere heart and a contrite spirit, his promise is that He WILL forgive you! (3 Nephi 12:19-20) He is there. He wants you to be better. He wants you to be happy and full of joy! Allow Him to help you and become a follower of His son, Jesus Christ.
