August 10, 2020
¡hola y'all!
How is everyone doing this week? So well I hope:) it has been so beautiful over here in Long Beach, but that's nothing new hehe.
But to be honest with y'all, this was not the best week in the world. We had almost all of our lessons fall through, so many ppl ignore our calls, some ppl being just flat out rude, and some of our sweet friends feeling down (which for surely is the hardest thing). Even though we've had our fair share of lows these past several days, we have still definitely seen some SWEET tender mercies!! So before I make y'all feel all sad for me, let me show you where I saw God's hand:
☆we met and taught our amiga Trinidad and she agreed to be baptized on Sept. 5th! She is such a sweet soul, and all three of us literally instantly connected like we had all known each other for years:)
☆we had a lesson with our great amiga Isabel in person! Both Hermana Hansen and I always say how familiar she seems to us but we can never figure out why, but I have a feeling we all for surely knew each other way back when we were all in Heaven just waiting to come down to this crazy place.
☆we were able to film another sweet video at this family's house in Yorba Linda, and the daughter there reminded me SO MUCH of Claire:') we just talked for like 2 whole hours and it felt like my crazy Claireese was right there with me
☆we were studying outside on Saturday morning and SO. MANY. DOGS. came up to us and let us pet them, and one of them fell asleep right next to me gosh I could've actually cried.
☆last night, we were able to do a little Sunday school class over a big group video call with our ward. It was sweet to meet some more faces and share some thoughts with them:) and actually one of those thoughts is something else I want to talk to y'all about today aquí abajo!
In 2 Corinthians 12:9 it says, "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." I know that I am weak and that I have some struggles quite often, but I love how Paul says here that "most gladly" he will glory in his trial and hard times. "Most gladly" he will not be perfect and he will stumble and fall. But why though? Bc when we are weak, that is when we recognize and feel Christ's power and grace. He even said it Himself to Paul, "for my strength is made perfect in weakness." Gosh, it's just so beautiful. I don't think for a second that this means Christ likes when we fall and when we make mistakes, but I think He does like when we are humble and when we rely on Him for our strength (bc really it truly is perfect). So yes, of course, we have weaknesses and there are bad days, weeks, and maybe even years, but with Jesus Christ and His unfailing power and redeeming grace, He will make our "weak things become strong" (Ether 12:27).
So don't forget that okay? I love y'all a whole bunch! And Jesus loves you more!
Con amor,
Hermana Brayton:)
 |
| the cutest and sweetest Corgi you ever did see😍 |
 |
| ya saben, la playa 😎 |
 |
another cutie pie little pup |
No comments:
Post a Comment