Hello!

Hey y'all!

So this is going to be a shorter email today but I feel impressed too tell y'all what I have learned this week. We all know that life is hard, very hard and sometimes I think we get too caught up in life to realize the Eternal perspective of things. My dad has always taught me to look at situations in life with an eternal perspective, and for that, I'm very grateful for him (and also for all the other things he does for me!)

Anyways, I feel like this week I have been able to have a tiny tiny tiny glimpse of what our Savior feels for other people. I thought I kind of already knew, but this week has opened my eyes. I think I found the secret to life. We tend to get too caught up in life and trying to do the best we can in life that I think we forget the main focus of life. We are here to become like God. And the way we can do that is following the perfect example, our Savior, Jesus Christ.

If that is the only thing that we focus on, is becoming like our Savior, we literally cannot fail. He has showed us the perfect path to follow. Just like the scriptures teach us in Helman 5:12, if He is our rock and our foundation, the devil can have no power over us!

I've started to understand that is why I'm on a mission. There are so many people who are hurting and who are in very very dark places and they don't know how to find relief. WE HAVE THE RELIEF!! We need to be sharing it at any chance we get! The Savior is hastening His work. People are ready to receive the gospel. Satan is doing his best to try and convince us otherwise. He wants us to be miserable like him (2 Nephi 2:27).

Not only are people ready to receive the gospel but we need to make sure that our testimonies are firm and those around us know how to have a firm testimony! I think there are more people than we realize who are struggling that we think should know the way to have relief but they don't! Never assume! We need to help them! 

Anyways, I'll get off my soap box now haha! I have just been thinking and pondering about this a lot and I hope that we can all be more committed this week to stand with Mormon when he said, "Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life." I love you all so much! I hope you have a fantastic week! 

Love, 

Sister Lacey