Wierdness Week

hola!

 

have you ever had a week that was just weird... but you can't quite put a finger on why? welcome to my week.

 

So here's a happy thing. We've been working with a less active sister in the ward. She's super awesome. very knowledgeable in the bible and just so quirky. it's great. Her husband isn't a member. But he has agreed to take the missionary lessons! It'll be interesting to see what happens. I can totally see him in white :) it's cool because when we tell people who know them, they are surprised. pleasantly surprised. :D

 

I've been studying the process of perfection recently. A different person we've been working with asked about it. but it seems it's me that needed it. It seems perfection means different things depending on your mortal state. We know we can be perfect in this life. the bible says Noah was perfect. But we also know there's something about resurrection that perfects us. So when we are resurrected we will be able to work on a kind of perfection that we haven't been able to with mortal bodies.

In the sermon on the mount, Christ says to be perfect like Heavenly Father is perfect. we wont have a glorified body now but in order to prepare for life with heavenly father, we need to achieve the kind of perfection we can attain while in this life. I was reading something from a manual that says the sermon on the mount is how to be perfect in this life. it's very cool stuff to study. it's opening my eyes again to the purpose of the gospel. and helping me to trust God to let Him change me into the person I need to be.

 

there's nothing quite like a mission that shows you your weaknesses... and nothing quite like a mission that helps you to rely on God to overcome them.

 

love you lots!

Sister Cornelsen

(sent August 5)