Dear Kids,
We just finished conference weekend in Mexico! How I love conference. I'm so grateful for conference and the way it helps to recenter my soul.
Kids... the world is getting crazier. People calling "evil good and calling good evil" is getting more and more pervasive everywhere that you turn. Emotions with everyone's differing opinions is creating contention that is just alarming, especially inside of people's souls.
I felt from conference some very specific things for me and for our family.
1. The FIRST thing I felt was actually more of a picture and vision in my mind. As President Nelson was giving his first talk of the conference, it was like I could see in my mind's eye that Heavenly Father was standing over the earth and I was caught up to meet Him. He just looked at the earth and said, "Andrea, it's going to keep getting more and more wicked. Don't pay attention to that. The only thing that matters now is the gospel. And inside of spreading the gospel, you and others are going to be persecuted. Give them no heed. Just keep being an example and spread the good word. It's the only thing that matters now." I could feel the heaviness in His heart for the earth and the inhabitants of the earth. It was enormous. And I could feel how much more wicked things are going to keep getting. The worldly agendas are going to keep getting more and more and more off base. And people are going to think it's normal. We are NOT to fight and add to the contention of the dialogue's. But we are to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. That is our whole focus.
2. The talks were all about missionary work and being patient and peaceable followers of Christ IN adversity. Things are not going to get easier. But with God's help we are going to be able to get through it. We are to spread the gospel, that's it.
3. I could feel the heaviness of the Prophet and the Apostles. I could feel it from them. they are not out of touch with things happening. And there are things they might have opinions about that I disagree with (vaccines) but I am to NEVER publicly argue with them. Never. That is putting my temple covenants on hold and I will not do that. They are giving their lives for the work of the gospel throughout the earth. They know that we are heading for more war, more fighting, more contention. They are pleading with us to be ready for Zion. They are pleading with us to ready our hearts to be included.
Those were my main take-aways.
Sunday night I had a total break down. Brent and I knelt down to say our couple prayers and it was my turn. I starting praying about conference and pleading with the Lord to give us more of His spirit and I just started crying. After finishing Brent held me and I just told him, "I'm so tired of Jesus not being here anymore! I just want Him to walk into our house and play uno with my kids. I want Him to just come sit with us while I make spaghetti." I just cried and cried. My heart is homesick for Jesus. Really homesick for Him to just BE HERE. We can't do this without Him. And we don't know how much longer we have until He comes back, but man... my heart aches for it. I told the Lord in my prayer that, "if one of the reasons why we had to get rid of everything and get on the road is so we could just go to build the New Jerusalem whenever you ask us, then I'm ready to do it! We are ready if you want to call us to do that!"
I'm ready for Zion. That's for sure. I am ready for it. I am ready to just go be with the Saints that have their hearts set on Jesus coming and are rooting out pride. I am so ready for that.
So many people are hyperfocusing on the "issues of the day" that we are getting distracted as a people about what is really happening here! We can't hyper focus on something so much that it creates pride in our hearts in a way that Jesus isn't a part of our daily conversations anymore. How many people talk about all the issues of the day instead of talking about Jesus? Too many! Including myself! We can all do better.
I love you kids. So much. I hope you know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true. The Priesthood of God is restored to the earth and Jesus is coming back. I don't know when... maybe 100 years from now, but keep your eyes focused on HIM.
I love you,
Your Mom
No comments:
Post a Comment