I am a child of Christ

 (Sister Cummings)

Hey Howdy y'all!

These last four days since my last email and P-day have been absolutely FANTASTIC!

The one bad thing is that Australia lied to us! It started getting really hot and sunny and we thought summer was coming. But it was a lie. On Saturday, it got SO cold and SO rainy and Sister Yochim and I were not prepared and spent the whole day soaked and shivering. But the work must go on and so we did too!

I don't know if I already told y'all this but I have a violin right now! Isn't that insane!! It's amazing! And yesterday I got to play it with one of my favorite people on this Earth (shout out to Tilly! I love you!) and I felt the spirit SO strong. It was just so healing and amazing! Definitely a miracle moment for me!

Now to the spiritual stuff

Moroni 7:19 says,

"Wherefore, I beseech of you, brethren, that ye should search diligently in the light of Christ that ye may know good from evil; and if ye will lay hold upon every good thing, and condemn it not, ye certainly will be a child of Christ"

One question came to mind as I read this verse and that was, "what's the distinction between being a child of God and a 'child of Christ?'"

So, I asked my fellow missionary, Sister Walters (she's absolutely amazing by the way!), what she thought and this is what she said,

Well, everyone is a child of God. We just are. And it's special. But it's 300× more special when we come to know God's Son, our brother, Jesus Christ. When we develop a personal relationship with Him and let Him become our everything, that's when we become children of Christ, and that's beautiful.

Isn't that amazing! And now this is what Elder Ginn said,

Our Father gave us the chance to choose a relationship with Him, and that happens through Christ. When we commit to a relationship with Jesus, He becomes the Father of our spirit, changed by His grace! (Mosiah 5:7)

And Sister Forrey (the COOLest sister) wanted to give her input too! Here's what she said,

One of the greatest things about being a child of God is that we have Agency. We came to earth to choose to come back to Him. And just like Elder Ginn said, that can only be done through Christ. I really like 2 Nephi 2:27. It says, "...men are free according to the flesh... and they are free to choose liberty and eternal life through the great Mediator of all men..." It all comes down to our choosing Christ so that we can fulfill our eternal destiny as children of God.

AMEN. Aren't they just AMAZING! I'm so grateful to be serving around such beautiful missionaries with such beautiful testimonies.

Anyways, I don't have anything to add to that!

I love y'all! Have an AMAZING day! And let me know if there any songs y'all would like me to play on the violin!

- Sister Cummings

Question of the week: How do you know that God knows you personally and loves you?