Yoked To The Savior

Hello everyone!

This week was jam packed, so was today! We just finished having a New Missionary Orientation for a Tagalog Elder. This was a week full of spiritual learning and growth. I feel like I learned more about Jesus Christ and His Atonement this week than I have throughout my whole mission. 

At zone conference, President and Sister Giménez led a discussion with all the missionaries about what Christ's Atonement, or his sacrifice and victory over sin and death, means to us - along with how it can help us. We all prepared for this discussion by reading three past general conference talks by Elder David A Bednar. Here's a quote from one of the talks, which is called "Bear Up Their Burdens with Ease" from April 2014:

"The unique burdens in each of our lives help us to rely upon the merits, mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah (see 2 Nephi 2:8). I testify and promise the Savior will help us to bear up our burdens with ease (see Mosiah 24:15). As we are yoked with Him through sacred covenants and receive the enabling power of His Atonement in our lives, we increasingly will seek to understand and live according to His will. We also will pray for the strength to learn from, change, or accept our circumstances rather than praying relentlessly for God to change our circumstances according to our will. We will become agents who act rather than objects that are acted upon (see 2 Nephi 2:14). We will be blessed with spiritual traction."

Jesus Christ's Atonement is something that enables us to overcome and persevere through struggles and difficulties. We are guaranteed support if we "yoke" ourselves to the Savior. 

 

It's been a great week. I love it out here! This is the Lord's work!

Elder Pettit