Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Remembering is the seed of Gratitude

I'm so so so grateful for my Savior, Jesus Christ!! I witness that He lives! This is His Church! I truly know that His Atonement is a gift to us!! As we apply it to our lives. As we Remember Him and His Atonement we will receive Strength and we WILL become perfect even as He is perfect. 

These past couple weeks have been a gift to me. They have been special. They have been full of love and joy!! I love my wonderful friends I've met here. They are so beautiful! They truly are my Brothers and Sisters. There is nothing even close to amazing than seeing someone Remember Their Savior and allowing Him to ETERNALLY change them. 

Miracles: 
- Christen, Noah, and Emily: 
I LOVE THIS FAMILY WITH ALL MY HEART!! They were found my first week or 2 here in Allatoona. We've been teaching them and it's been so special. Christen is married to JD. they also have nieces and nephews that join lessons. Overall we have about 10 people that join lessons and come to church. 

STORY TIME. we have taught them the Restoration which was absolutely bomb. Then Plan of Salvation which she loved and told us all about how comforting it is to know those things. She never knew. 
FINALLY, this past Saturday. We taught them the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The pure and true Doctrine of Christ. As we taught she could not stop crying. The Spirit was fully immersed in here. She knew it was true. She testified to us that it is true. That these things come together in her heart perfectly. She then went on to cry uncontrollably telling us she's made too many mistakes. She has sinned too much. 

I HAVE NEVER FELT CLOSER TO MY SAVIOR IN THIS MOMENT! I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HIS INSTRUMENT TO LOVE HER AND TELL HER: 

YOU ARE NEVER TOO FAR GONE. CHRIST DESCENDED BELOW ALL THINGS, SO HE CAN LIFT AND STRENGTHEN US. 
I then testified to her with tears in my eyes of His pure and infinite love for her. We then invited her to wash away her sins and to join the fold of Christ, by following His example to be baptized. She is going to be baptized July 23rd, with her 2 kids. I am grateful for this experience. I'm grateful for the Spirit who testified of Truth. I'm ultimately grateful for the opportunity to see as He sees and to love as He loves. 

* Julian and Petra: 
- We met this amazing couple and taught them the Restoration!! He is an older gentleman but after talking for a couple minutes got up and grabbed a pen and paper. He said to us that we know The Gospel and he wants to learn. It was so cool to see His desire to learn the truth of all things. Even the pre conceived notions of Christ’s Church. He put it aside because of what He felt. He started to REMEMBER the things He knew when He lived with Our Father. 

* We met this amazing Young woman. Rebecca! She is on a journey to find truth. As we found and taught her. She was pricked in Her heart of a Rememberance of her Savior. She accepted to learn and prepare to be baptized by learning of Him. She is a stud. 

I had the opportunity to go on some exchanges and they were fantastic!! We met this less active member who is now going to the temple often and has a wife who is now interested in the church. It was such a miracle!! 

I had the opportunity to give a blessing to this wonderful Sister Missionary. She was searching for further light and knowledge. It was cool to again remember my Savior and see her as He does. As I gave this blessing. I felt in my entire existence the Love!! The deep deep deep love He has for His beautiful daughter. How grateful I am to Remember Him.

☆ Small Thought: 
- I am coming to a close of reading the Book of Mormon again. As I have been reading and studying topics as well. I was taken back to the sacrament, the Atonement, etc. I love Helaman and His counsel he gives to his sons (Lehi and Nephi wonderful missionaries) he helps them Remember their progenitors then the greatest importance to remember their Savior
 
[Helaman 5:9] 
" Remember that there is no other way nor means whereby man can be saved, only through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, who shall come; yea, remember that he cometh to redeem the world." 

Then Helaman left them with a reminder to Remember (2X) 

[Helaman 5:12
" And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall. " 

Let us Always Remember our Savior!! Let us remember what He personally has done for us. For His love, For His gospel, For His Covenants to draw us closer to the Father. 

I promise that as we " Always remember Him" we truly shall " Have His Spirit to be with us." 
( 3 Nephi 18:7) 

" Each time we pause to mediate upon the Savior, we take a Spiritual step forward." 

♡REMEMBERING 
♡IS 
♡THE
♡SEED 
♡OF 
♡GRATITUDE 

I testify that He remembers us! He knows our struggles and challenges. He thinks about us daily. He Strengthens us! 
I promise as we Remember Him. We will be more grateful. As we are more grateful we will See Him as he is and we will also see as he does. 
I’m I know that turning outward like the Savior is what he wants us to do. I know that as we Ponder and pause to meditate upon the Savior. That we will become one with Our Father and His Son, Our Brother, Jesus Christ. I love each one of you and invite and plead with you to take time out of your busy week or crazy work schedule to 
- Meditate upon Christ 
- To Be as He is (love, serve, and teach) 
- HEAR HIM!!!! 

love yall with all my heart! I pray for you and remember you!! 
♡ Elder Wold 

□ Doctrine & Covenants 35:24 
" Keep all the commandments and covenants by which ye are bound; and I will cause the heavens to shake for your good, and Satan shall tremble and Zion shall rejoice upon the hills and flourish." 

 Elder Wold’s email: nathan.wold@missionary.org









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