This week has been one of spring and sunshine and....snow. It started raining yesterday afternoon and all the sudden it was snowing and I almost froze. Utah weather is so sporadic, I was enjoying all the tulips and beautiful skies but I guess that can be compared to how life takes a turn on us sometimes. My testimony this week is that God knows us all individually and he meets our needs in ways we sometimes fail to recognize. I've been thinking a lot about the stark contrast between light and dark and how that relates to faith and doubt. Just as darkness can never overpower light, doubt cannot overpower our faith as long as it is strong. Everything the gospel proclaims has to do with faith, light, knowledge, from which growth stems. From doubt we get uncertainty, confusion, fear and misdirection. I know that God expects us to live by faith in this life, and that the devil tries to fill us with doubt. We need not fear faith- it is the path to God.
Quote from my favorite 7th graders this week:
Sister Callahan: Who wants to pray today? (Silence from 5 14 year old boys). If you pray your spouse will be better looking!
Graham: What's a spose?
Sister Callahan: It's like your husband or wife
Graham: (with a look of utter disbelief) "Wait, you seriously think me, Dylan, Creed, or Noah is actually going to get married?"
This is the same boy who prayed that Sister Hatch would make them delicious food. Oh boy.... (pun intended)
Favorite scripture this week:Moroni 7:13 (from the Book of Mormon)- all good things come from God! When you have the thought to do something for someone else, just think- is this a good thing or a bad thing? If it is good, just do it! No questions asked. Sorry I didn't have much time this week but I'll write more next week!
Love,
Sister Pearson
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