Week 46 RLF Nov 6

(Last week I had written her about an analogy of drinking glasses and the Atonement of Jesus Christ.)

Okay changing topics now. Something I learned is that it is not about how full the glass is - whether it is half empty or half full. It is the idea that we are holding the glass and having to hold it. Continuing to hold it does not have to be a burden. Jesus Christ will aid us in putting down the glass and help us to determine how long to hold it up.  How many glasses do we decide to carry?  Are we juggling full glasses? Empty glasses? Will we ask Him to help us lift it/them or set it down without falling and shattering?  Do we trust in Him? Truth is, we need to let them all go, for He is our God and will surely give us aid.

I love that analogy.  Can you expand and share with me how you see it too?  I know you are a deep thinker and very spiritually adept. I would love to hear your thoughts.

J esus

O thers

Y ou

Love, ma

(She responded with a picture at the bottom and her idea of grace.  She is an old soul and a wise one.  I pray every day for her to be able to teach what she knows as clearly as possible in the Spanish language.  It is so amazing to see so much progress in such a short amount of time.  Seeing all of our missionaries throughout the world succeed is a wonderful blessing in all of our lives.)

(Describing her new comp)
Hahaha she is quiet at first, but she so incredible mom I can't even tell you.  She's so good and so patient and we get along really well.  She teaches me so much, but by example.  She's the kind of person I want to be.  

Hahaha we are trying super hard to focus on the most basic parts of the gospel, I never realized how much I didn't understand about the basics until I tried teaching them.  It's been really hard to teach simply for Me, even in Spanish.  But if we can't explain the gospel in its most basic sense, we don't understand it and really can't start eating meat until we do.  

I love that analogy too.  There's a little picture of how grace works  and it's kind of like the one I attached.  But as I've found on my mission that's not true at all.  Christ is walking next to us and and we try our best to walk like he does even though sometimes we mess up and he has to pull us back onto the bath.  We cannot do anything without recognizing the strength of the savior and our father in heaven.  This life is our time to prepare to meet him, and although we're clumsy and less even than the dust of the earth, Christ has still chosen to bring us one by one, and by design along our path walking next to Christ, we learn a little and gain strength day by day until one day as we finally arrive in the presence of God, Christ can say, this is my friend, they are strong we have been walking together for years and Father I believe they're ready to be like you and me :) 

I love learning that fact that Christ is in every step and that without him we would have no success in anything we do, temporal or spiritual.

I love you momma and I'm so grateful for you and your incredible example to us!

Talk to you next week