Hello all you beautiful Americans and you tiny few Canadians,
I pray that everything went well for all y'all and that the weather is treating you nicely. On Thursday it was 70 degrees! It was so great, I was out there rockin a short-sleeve white shirt and there were a ton of people to talk to, and I got half a dozen of these gigantic honey buns for $1.50 at the local bakery! And then it dropped back down tot he 30s and 40s...not cool mother nature, not cool. Haha but I can't complain, God is still good! I can't begin to understand or explain how awesome Heavenly Father is, He's just awesome! Well, this email might seem like I'm taking from the valentine's day stuff, but I'm not!!!! This kid's heart is locked down like Fort Knox, ain't nobody gettin in there (except for my family)!!!! Haha but I do wanna talk about CHRISTLIKE love today.
Referring to the title of this email LOVE. IS. KEY. To everything. Show me a true happy home without love. Show me a successful marriage without love, show me a happy church leader without love. There are other examples I could use, but think about it, you couldn't show me any one of the things I just brought up.
So why is Christlike love so important? Because wen you break it down to the core, the happiness of any person, family, church, etc. is tied in to love. Do you want to be happy? That's a silly question of course you do. Are you doing everything you can to have that kind of happiness in you life? I sure hope so. But how do we gain this kind of love? Well first we go about seeking after and desiring that kind of love. Everything about the gospel has to be sought after, nothing is free. To gain this Christlike love we must do as a Book of Mormon prophet directs, we must "Pray to the Father with all the energy of heart that we may be filled with [charity]". When Heavenly Father knows we desire this kind of love, He will give us opportunities to have it.
We must follow the 2 greatest commandments that the Savior himself gave us, to love God and love everyone else around us. We can show this love through a variety of ways that you all should easily be able to think of. Help someone out without seeking praise, tell your loved ones you care for them even if you think they already know it, and do everything you can to lose yourself in the service of others. I can promise happiness and a greater sense of love for our Father in Heaven as well as our fellow men as we make this simple attribute part of ourselves. If we want to love others, then others will want to show us that same love. Just as a key can make the engine of a vehicle come to life, true Christlike love will make our homes, our families, and our own hearts find a new meaning in our day-to-day lives. But a key does not turn itself, we have to reach out and be the first one to show that love to others.
Make an effort to be more charitable this week, it'll make a difference,
Much love,
Elder Crow
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| Elder Jacobsen with Elder Crow about 3 months ago |
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| It gets real muddy out in the holler, just keep on truckin though, can't let the weather slow down the work |
Mom,
Your words are too kind, but it means a lot to hear them. I am really frustrated right now because I made some videos in celebration of my amazing package from my even more amazing family!!! SO hopefully that will work out, but if not I'll send them next week. I love DuPont so much, I can feel the prayers and love being sent my way, know that you'ns (kind of like y'all, another hillbilly word I learned) mean so much to me. I have 2 missionaries in my district who are from Washington, one from Enumclaw and one from Puyallup!! So we have some fun talks, and the one from Enumclaw gave me a ton of Mt. Rainier pictures!!
Love and miss you dearly,
Elder Crow
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