This week has been pretty uneventful. We´ve been working hard and it´s been raining. That´s about it I guess.
Something that my companion and I both read this week was a talk given by President Uchtdorf. It´s called "Of Things that Matter Most." (http://lds.org/ensign/2010/11/of-things-that-matter-most?lang=eng) His talk is profound, yet simple. It´s basically what he was talking about too. By the small and simple things great things happen. But we also need to focus on the things that are most important. What are the things that are truly important? To put it simply, family and faith. Everything else will fall into place afterward. What I want to focus on more is the importance of doing the simple things of building our faith.
Building our faith comes from doing those simple acts of faith.
1.Daily Prayer
2. Daily Scripture Study
3. Going to Church Every Sunday
If you are feeling overwhelmed by life or stressed, take a step back and reevaluate what is most important in your life. Slow down and go back to the basics. We read in Alma 37:6-7 the following:
6. Now ye may suppose that this is afoolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by bsmall and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.
7. And the Lord God doth work by ameans to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very bsmall means the Lord doth cconfound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls.
I know that the basics are the keys to unlocking the complex and profound. The Lord teaches us with basics. The gospel is simple, but when we truly study it and ponder about the teachings of the Savior, the simple things become profound and even more beautiful than we realize. I know the gospel is true. The fulness of the everlasting gospel is simple, and it was restored to us through the Lord´s prophet Joseph Smith. I invite all of you to take some time and go back to the simple, small, and basic things, the things that matter most. In them you will find what you need. I love you.
-Elder Samuel H. Chiba
P.S. Chapter 32 of the Book of Alma talks a lot about faith.
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