This week was good! The transfers are actually going quick these days. I wish we had more progressing people, but I don't regret how I've spent my time here. Growth is on discount out here and I'm picking up as much as I can. Mothers day was awesome! I forgot to fast last week so I fasted this week and it was a wonderful experience. Fasting is an interesting commandment, a modern day law of physical sacrifice. In choosing to be weak we gain greater access to God's strength. The principle here is fascinating. On my mission I give up a lot of things-- things that the world might consider give you greater strength. Google, books, entertainment and communication are some examples. As I've been cut off from these, my thoughts and my ability to change have been magnified.
And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them (Ether 12:27.)
Giving up my phone and my time and my entertainment has been a humbling experience. I will testify that His grace is sufficient for those that humble themselves before him, and that He wants to bless you! God doesn't sit on his hands when you are following His teachings. He immediately blesses you! If you want to experience specific blessings, increase your consecration to the law upon which those blessings are predicated. If you want to feel greater love, bridle your passions more. If you want less financial misery pay your tithing. I love you guys! So excited for my friends who are just starting their missions, Blake and Herc:) go crush it!
-Elder Dahl
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