People Want the Gospel!

This week has definitely been a roller coaster but part of it was learning that people actually want to hear the message of the gospel! 

In my area there aren't a lot of people who want to learn about our church so oftentimes my companions and I are trying to convince them that they need the gospel when they really aren't open to it. But, we went on exchanges with the zone leaders this week and we were teaching these two guys who loved to learn and were genuinely interested in the gospel! It was pretty refreshing to hear someone of their own choice want to hear about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. The zone leaders were all laughing at me because I had never experienced that before!

Something I'm learning again is that when you are perfectly obedient, so many problems go away. When you are doing your best by learning all you can about the gospel, and you are doing your best in your efforts to find people to teach and you still come up short without many people, you can know you did all you could. And then you don't feel bad. And no one can get annoyed with you because you're doing all you can.

And just quick I've been thinking about how you know you're doing your best. Like what does that even mean? I've come to the conclusion that you are doing your best when you are maximizing the atonement of Jesus Christ in your life. Because when you understand and are applying the atonement of Jesus Christ in your life, you will always be in an upward slope. You will make what choices you think will be best and when you make a mistake you repent quickly. Through this process your actions become very celestially minded and you overcome the natural man. It does nothing for you to look down at what you aren't doing and get angry. What is helpful is noticing where you can improve and working to do that everyday but not getting annoyed at yourself. And ultimately change is only possible through Jesus Christ.

Anyways I'm having a great time learning all I can. I love this mission because it's very centered on being a disciple of Jesus Christ and keeping that as your main priority. Many will say it's strict but really the mission just helps you realize what a disciple of Jesus Christ does. It takes effort and accountability and discipline. And it's very rewarding.

Always remember Jesus Christ and you will be on your way to thinking celestially.

- Elder Dahl