Spiritual Thought

One of our Investigators is named Sainsaunaa, and she is only 12. Her mom and grandma were both baptized in the church, and they want Sainsaunaa to be baptized as well. Despite their desire for their child and grandchildren to be baptized, they are lost members and don't go to church. Anytime I teach, we will have a mom or grandma in the room listening to us as well. I always wonder why they are trying to get Sainsaunaa baptized but won't go to church or experience the gospel themselves. I really just want the mom and grandma to understand how precious the gospel is.


My thought is this: take charge of your own faith. It is way too easy to make the excuses necessary to stop your personal spiritual progression as well as progressing as a person. Do not waste away your time, your effort, and your life making excuses for why you are not creating a more spiritually healthy relationship with your heavenly father. The small and insignificant things in life will be used by Satan and his minions to drag you away from church and away from the warm embrace of your heavenly father.


You have to work on Sundays, you were offended by someone's comment in a lesson, you need to babysit for a family member, or you are afraid of the judgments of others. None of these examples should be a reason to stop in the middle of the covenant path that you walk on. None of these are deal-breakers in your relationship with God. Try with all you have in you to continue enduring to the end and fight to feel the warm embrace of the Holy Spirit and of God each Sunday. Conversion is a personal project. Not a group one.


I am cheering you all on and am so proud of all of you! I truly love you and hope you are having the best week!


With love,
Sister Vestel

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