FAM,
This week we had
an interesting experience. We visited a
less active this week who can do nothing other than focus on the faults and the
negative things of the church. He claims to have a strong testimony but at the
same time hasn't been to church in years. He said many times that God
understands why he doesn't go. He claims that the Book of Mormon is full of
errors and over exaggerates. He told us that as a lost sheep it is the
ward and bishop's responsibility to come look for him and put him with the rest of
the flock making it not his fault that he doesn't receive the
blessing and happiness of the restored Gospel. Speaking with him for a little
bit we decided that it would be better to let him vent and then leave. We couldn't find any words or any way to help him in his current
situation...This man is
blocking his ability to progress because he is blinded by his doubts and it was
sad to see.
In that same day
we met with a recent convert who is having trouble with her testimony. She is
scared that she might have been baptized too soon and now feels bad. She talked
about all of the prayers she has been doing to feel God's Love again. She decided
to restart the Book of Mormon to find her answer there. She has been doing
everything she could think of to not let go too soon. We felt love for her as
she spoke and we felt prompted to speak about the importance of faith and the
miracles that can happen when we have faith. As we finished the lesson she said, "I think it's interesting that we talked about faith. Today, I went to the
Catholic Church to get help. They also spoke to me about faith. I'm sure
that we were guided in that lesson to say what God wanted us to say...
There are a few
things that I think are interesting here...
1.
In the first lesson we didn't feel guided.
Maybe because God knew that there wasn't anything we could say that would
change his feelings.
2.
It doesn't matter if we have doubts. It matters
what we do with them.
Closing
ourselves off only hurts us. Blocking our personal progress and killing us
almost at the roots of our faith.
Let's not do
this to ourselves.
Sonriendo
Siempre,
Elder
Glassett
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