Monday, January 21, 2019

Stop it!

Hello everybody! This week has felt super slow even though a lot of things happened. We had interviews with the mission president on Tuesday and then we had companion exchanges on Friday. I spent the day with Elder Ash in the Richfield East stake and it was super fun! 

I have been working a lot this week on recieving personal revelation and deepening my spiritual growth. While I was doing this, I found a talk President Uchtdorf gave in April of 2012 on bullying. This specific quote really impacted me:

"This topic of judging others could actually be taught in a two-word sermon. When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following:

Stop it!

It’s that simple. We simply have to stop judging others and replace judgmental thoughts and feelings with a heart full of love for God and His children."

Though I tried throughout high school, and my life, to not bully others, I am very guilty of judging others whether consciously or subconsciously. Jesus Christ said in Mathew chapter 7, 

"1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."

After hearing President Uchtdorf's advice to "stop it", I began trying my hardest to do just that. It's not easy, but it is definitely worth it. There is a Mormon message called "Bullying - Stop It" that also shares a powerful message on this topic.

Now I don't mean to be the missionary that only talks about how we can be better and sounds like a preacher in my emails, but this was what I had been studying and I wanted to share my knew understanding with all of you!

I hope you all have a great week! I love you guys!

Elder Francis
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