Bread and water

Alright alright alright. You can probably figure out the struggle here. I don't want to exaggerate, so I pulled it up, we had 13 people who we were really given it all this last week, there was a lady who had given us her word that she would show up, on top of others who had some real prospects of coming. One of which we went to pick up. Not one of them came to church. Tough. Sometimes life is not the most exciting I'm not going to lie. The good news, life goes on. But I won't lie with that lady that we we went to pick up I seriously considered throwing rocks at her window, but the Spirit wasn't as passionate about that kinda thing so I didn't get the chance. Maybe next week.

After that experience the day kinda went by, we found some more people, we had some really great experiences with some members, good stuff, but the end of the night was good. We went with a member named Omar and his mom Lia. They are awesome and have been members for a while. Omar is in the branch presidency, very solid. We read Ether 12:27.

'And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.'

I learned and continually learn a lot from that. From the emblems that we take each Sunday we remember He that knows our weaknesses and can and will help us make them strengths, but we have to let Him work on our wounds, even if it hurts.

Maybe the success for these friends coming to church wasn't my greatest joy this week, but I am confident that wasn't what God wanted. It was GOOD for me to have gone through this experience. I don't believe my relatively small suffering compares with that of the early saints. But it was GOOD for the early saints to go through the trials and persecutions they did. God, the giver of all good gifts, wants to bless us. He knows our circumstances. He knows that we must go through some fire of some kind if we wish to gain an understanding of what it means to be saved, if we wish to be changed by this life and help others along the way. Experience doesn't come on the couch, it comes on the covenant path, carrying our cross, thorn in our side, moving forward with faith.

Miss yall,
Elder McOmber