Good afternoon everyone,
I hope everyone had a great 4th of July, we had to stop working at 6 yesterday and right as we did it started pouring rain, no one invited us over, so we just hung out in our apartment for 3 hours. Wasn't the most fun I've had haha. But this week has been awesome! I realized early on that something was missing from our work and I came to figure out the problem was ME! Yes you are all allowed to gasp at the prospect of Elder Crow being imperfect, I myself let out a little squeal when I realized it. But that little joking prideful comment kinda ties in to my problem. I was having a bit of a rough time early last week and I couldn't figure out why. Then I came across a statement in Preach My Gospel that took me by surpise, it said, "Pride is competitive; those who are prideful seek to have more and presume they are better than other people. Pride usuallyresults in feelings of anger and hatred, and it is a great stumbling block." And that perfectly described my problem, so I quickly prayed and asked Heavenly Father for forgiveness and the rest of the week went so well! It's amazing how easy it is to change and improve and grow when we ask for the Lord's help in doing it. What a koinkie dink.
Also, I came across something that I wanted to share with y'all. In a talk titled "Winning the War against Evil", Elder James J. Hamula said, "Reserved to come forth in these last days and labor for our Father and His Son are some of the most valiant and noble of our Father's sons and daughters." So if you think you aren't special, BOOM! You just got proved wrong by a member of the First Quorum Seventy, so there! You are so special. You are so wonderful. You are one of God's most choice children that He specifically sent to the earth right now for a specific purpose in His plan. We are all fighting a battle every day to win a war that has been waged since the beginning of time, a war against evil. And at this point in time, victory means everything and the Lord's people will not lose. It its up to us to join in such a noble cause.
I am beyond grateful to be fighting on the front lines for Heavenly Father, but so are each of you! Didn't think about that before did ya? Each one of us are soldiers in the mightiest force ever created, the family of God. We stand for what it right and we stand for what is true, and we don't back down. Every day we are under constant attack from Satan and his followers, but we have the Holy Spirit of God along with our brothers and sisters to support us in this dangerous and dark world. This last week we had a zone conference in Lexington. Sister Brough got up, after the missionaries who are going home soon bore their testimonies, and said, "You know, President Brough and I have decided that we don't want to send any more missionaries home, it's too hard to watch all of you leave!" I am so grateful that I still have so long to serve, these past 10 months or so have flown by but I've still got time to "fight the good fight" and serve my Father in Heaven. And all of y'all, wherever you are, have the same responsibility.
Go shake Hell,
Elder Crow
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