I think our spiritual levels in life can be compared to water in a bucket. When we do things that take away from our spirit, it's like we get a hole. The bigger the hole, the more water we lose. It doesn't matter how much water is put in to the bucket because as long as it has a hole it will keep losing water. As soon as we fix the hole (or choose to live God's way and keep the commandments), we can add to the water in the bucket and become full. But then there are times like this past weekend when my spiritual bucket just wasn't big enough to receive all God was trying to give me. Every october and april our church broadcasts a worldwide conference where the prophet, his counselors, the 12 apostles and other church leaders address us ti give us spiritual guidance. It was an incredible weekend and I heard so many needed things that will direct me for my whole life. Saturday afternoon session I hit my peak and it was like walking on air. By the time Sunday afternoon rolled around, I think my bucket was spilling over and I couldn't take in any more. The good things is, I won't be thirsty for a really long time because I have plenty to ponder, pray about and then put into action! It is such a blessing to have a sure knowledge that there is still a prophet on the Earth today that receives direction from Jesus Christ on how to direct Christ's church. I know he receives revelation and I know that through him we can receive revelation for our lives. Since I just happen to be serving 15 minutes from the conference center in Salt Lake, Sister Johnson and I were blessed to be able to take the african family we're teaching to their first conference ever. They are so amazing and I love their innate sense of right and wrong. God is just so real to them, they would never doubt his existence like so many do. I think the biggest thing that stuck out to me from conference was the theme of knowing light from darkness and seeking more light. God's ways are not our ways and he's provided us a way to know more about him if we just simply ask. Darkness is all around us, we have to push through that until we find the light shining through. And that comes from those "simple" things that somehow slip our minds or don't seem as important as other priorities such as daily scripture study, prayer, family home evening, going to the temple, and attending church every sunday. We need continual enlightenment to make it through the pitfalls of life. Heavenly Father designed life to be a place of learning and growth and if we never test him we can't really get to know him or ourselves. The miracle of this week was finding a vietnamese family of 5 tot each through talking to a girl on her way home from school. She was walking with one of our ward mission leaders daughters and said we could stop by. I don't have time to write much more but we'll teach them this week and I'll send more updates next week! Never lose hope, keep seeking truth, and you will be blessed with peace and happiness in this life and the next:)
Love,
Sister Pearson
A little birthday celebration with Rhyan, a girl we teach who has autism. She is HILARIOUS. More stories to come.
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