April 10, 2019
Friends and Family,
Lots of coding this
past week and a half. It was really nice to go to the temple today and take a
little bit of a break. Back to the modern grind though...
Last week I wrote a
little bit about faith, and how many people believe in Jesus Christ, yet when trials
come they often doubt their confidence that He can actually make a difference
in their life. This past week, we felt that we were supposed to share a certain
message with someone, but as we were teaching I started to fear that our friend
would be offended or react in a bad way. As I thought about this, I remembered
the words of the Savior: "How is it that you have no faith?" I
figured I should probably trust Him, and the lesson went really well. Later
that day, we were hitting what seemed like an unmovable wall with our coding
project, and we were getting worried that it was not going to be possible.
Again, the same thought came to my head: "How is it that you have no
faith?"
The past week I spoke
of an experience where a man asked us to open the Book of Mormon randomly and
he would read something that would help him. In that experience, I doubted for
a moment that it was possible. Last week it was doubt, this week it was fear.
We know from the scriptures that doubt and fear are two very common feelings
that are faith destroying. This is why the Savior admonished us to "look
unto me in every thought. Doubt not. Fear not." It is why Peter began to
sink after he feared the wind and the waves, and Christ gently said, "O ye
of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt."
Although many of us
say we have faith, we often have doubts or fear when our trust in God is put to
the test. We feel that we don’t believe enough to make miracles occur, and in
doing so we forget that the Savior taught his apostles: "If ye have faith
as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to
yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto
you." I know that we will never be let down whenever we put our trust in
God.
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