Everything Happens for a Lesson

Somedays, I think I could be an atheist. It is so easy for me to rationalize the gospel away. I can see the flaws in basic principles I've been taught my whole life. The things I teach and say here on the mission, I know they sound crazy. A lot of this whole religion thing just doesnt make sense. 


Then there are the moments when I know that it is all true and I will never leave. 
The moments when we imagine a person we are going to talk to and then find that exact person later. 
After I read a verse in the Book of Mormon that answers my question exactly. 
When I start my prayer to God with "Dear Heavenly Father" and I feel flooded with a love that I can describe. 

The Book of Mormon says,
"Believe in God; believe that He is...believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend" 

This fundamental commandment is so beautiful to me. Believe in God. As with most commandments, this is completely for our benefit. Believe in God and find peace. Believe in God and find happiness. Believe in God and find love. If were to give in to the rationalizations, my life would be much different. I would be more alone and without hope. I can't leave because as Peter(i think) says, where would I go. My faith is everything to me. 

So even though it's hard and at times I feel like im clinging to the fringes of my faith, I am staying. Because there is nothing else that can give me the joy and completeness that I have felt from this gospel. 

With that being said, the work here is going well. Its cold and wet but its all worth it. I am learning a lot. The subject title is a brilliant quote from one of our friends that I love a lot.
Pray for Isabela and Francisco this week. 

Hope you all have a week full of sunshine and joy. Or at least one of the two;) 

Sister Greer 
 



























 


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