Tjabba grabbar!
This week has been so fun! I said goodbye to Elder Martineau
and said hello to Elder Cluff which was bittersweet. It was sad to see Elder
Martineau go, but I'm super excited to get to work with Elder Cluff!
Funny story, while we were helping Elder Martineau with his
bags onto the train and the door closed behind us. So Elder Cluff and I were
stuck on a train that we didn't have tickets for while Elder Cluff's bags were
left sitting on the platform. We had to get off at the next stop and wait for a
train that would take us back. So we got back about an hour later and
thankfully Elder Cluff's bags were still on the platform! Gotta love Skövde.
We also had a nice little Thanksgiving on Thursday. Turkey
steaks, hashbrowns, and glögg (a Swedish Christmas drink). It was tasty, but
it's nothing like a classic Thanksgiving dinner back home that's for sure.
Things have been super fun though! We went to an apartment
complex yesterday and met a ton of people and their families who want us to
come back. This is going to be a pretty busy couple of weeks!
The scripture I chose this week addresses a concern we get
from people often here in Skövde. Plenty of people refuse to believe in a god
because of a lack of evidence. If God exists, why doesn't He just tell us all
so we all know and can follow Him?
As illustrated in the aforementioned verses, the Lord's
requirement to live by faith is a blessing rather than a curse. He knows that
because we are human, we are going to make mistakes regardless of what we know
to be right and true. How often have you done something you knew was wrong but
you did it anyway? If we were to have a perfect knowledge of God and His plan,
our inevitable mistakes would have been far more severe. We are given
sufficient evidence to act in faith so we don't have to bear the heavy mantle
of responsibility that comes with perfect knowledge. When thinking about these questions,
it's always important to remember that our Heavenly Father loves us more than
we can know. He created this earth and sent us here so we all could come back
to Him, not to condemn the unfaithful and He has given us the best opportunity
to do just that. His plan, like Him, is perfect.
Have a good week!
Love,
Äldste Cummings
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