27- (8-1-23) God's Perfect Plan

 27- God's Perfect Plan (8/1/23)

Dear Family,

 

Another week has flown by. It was fun to be together this past weekend (we missed you Elder Miller). 

This week I have been studying about how our Heavenly Father interacts with and blesses His children. As a father, I can’t help but think that this must be His favorite thing to do. My study tied in nicely with what Emma shared at Come Follow Me this week, and the scripture Miles shared at the end of his weekly email. That God is a God of Miracles and He chooses to bless us as often as we let Him.

 

One way that our Heavenly Father interacts with us and blesses us is by allowing us to assist Him in His work. Emma shared some thoughts from a talk given by Elder Uchtdorf about missionary work that highlight or illustrate this principle. In this talk he shared five things that we can each do to help gather Israel. As we act in accordance with these prophetic teachings we literally find ourselves interacting with God through the Holy Ghost, and we see begin to see His hand miraculously in our lives and in the lives those we love more regularly.

 

Here are the five steps from Elder Uchtdorf’s talk Emma shared with us. Think about God creating His master plan and how covenants and gathering give our Heavenly Father so many touch points to bless us His children. What a perfect plan!

 

 

1- Draw close to God

2 - Fill your heart with love for others

3 - Strive to walk the path of discipleship

4 - Share what is in your heart

5 - Trust the Lord to work His miracles

 

Miles said it best this week when he shared this Book of Mormon scripture:

For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith. (2 Nephi 27:23)

 

Invitation - Trust Him by exercising your faith through obedience, then look for His hand (miracles) in your life. How can we each better share with others the joy the Gospel brings to us? Consider how the Gathering of Israel (missionary work) fulfills God’s purposes for both the gatherer and the gathered. Pretty ingenious plan!

 

Love you all so much,

 

Dad

 

If you want to study the talk Emma shared it is titled: Missionary Work: Sharing What Is in Your Heart by President Uchtdorf in April 2019

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