Dear family and friends,
Zone Conference is tomorrow- Anchorage South Zone is coming along with some
sisters from Chugach and Wasilla! So excited! We also saw two male moose
fighting outside yesterday- I know- there are a lot of moose here- for some
reason, it is still always exciting to see them each time. We had experiences
this week that have been very special and also very sacred, so I may keep
information out for those situations as it would not be appropriate to share
some of it without their permission.
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| Hiking on the ski hill in Soldotna last week |
On my planner I wrote a quote from (President) Thomas S. Monson from this
last conference: "The Apostle Paul likened life to a race. To the Hebrews he
urged, 'Let us lay aside... the sin that doth so easily beset us, and let us run
with patience the race that is set before us'. In our zeal, let us not overlook
the sage counsel from Ecclesiates: 'the race is not the the swift, nor the
battle to the strong'. Actually, the prize belongs to him or her who endures
to the end." I love the words that are shared there and have seen it in many
different ways this week- specifically on a couple of individuals and their
families this week.
We talked to a man who said this this week, "It's one thing to know about
religion, and it is another to actually have a relationship with God." To know
God, and to know of his infinite love for us and what he has in store for each
of us is what makes the difference in any one life. The woman who I shared about
having cancer is a woman who I have only known for a few months but she knew God
so well. She was not scholarly, but she emmanated in her actions the pure light
of Christ. She passed away this last Thursday, and Sister Burbank and I were
priviledged to sing the song, "O my Father" at her funeral, as she had asked
that we would before she passed. We got to visit her several times this week and
with her children gathered around, we sang her hymns and got to see her try and
mouth the words as she did not have energy to speak or to lift anything else.
She has been taken home and I know that it was a joyous reunion for all.
Yesterday, at the service, all I could think of was the joy in knowing that her
spirit was happy, and she wasn't suffering anymore. There was no need for tears
of sorrow, even though she will be dearly missed, but this seperation will only
be for a short time in comparison to the joy eternity can bring. The words
"legacy of love" were often shared, speaking of her unconditional and non
judgemental love she shared with everyone she knew. I know that that is true of
her.
It is amazing the blessing you see associated with the temple, and the
Gospel- the things of eternity. A woman spoke in Sacrament meeting yesterday
about the Gospel and the church, and about her experience with becoming offended
a time back- she said the people probably did not even know what they had done,
but she said "If you're going to take offense, you'll find it anywhere-- but if
you know the truth of the Gospel- that is what matters." As we remember the
light the Gospel brings, it really doesn't matter what comes our way, those
wheat and tares will separate- we will be able to forgive freely, and to let go
of those experiences that might turn us from that.
Something really interesting that is found in Luke 24, if you read verses
15 and 16, you see that the people do not recognize Christ is with them, their
"eyes were holden that they should not know him." As it goes on you see them
speaking about Christ, as Christ expounds scripture to them and finally they
realize that he was there all along. God is always in the details. There
is never a time when his grace is not present. Over all, something I saw this
week is that it is our consistency and obedience to God, not miracles we
see, that build our faith in God. It is through that consistency that
our testimony grows and we know that he knows us each individually.
Hope you all have a great week! We are getting so excited for general
conference out here!
love,
Sister Wuehler
ism: "It's kind of sad when you wake up in the morning and say, 'what do I need to do to get back to this place?
Scriptures:
Doctrine and Covenants 122:7-9
And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.
9 Therefore, hold on thy way, and the priesthood shall remain with thee; for their bounds are set, they cannot pass. Thy days are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less; therefore, fear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and ever.
3 Nephi 15: 9
Behold, I am the law, and the light. Look unto me, and endure to the end, and ye shall live; for unto him that endureth to the end will I give eternal life.
3 Nephi 14:7-11
Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
8 For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
3 Nephi 5:20-26
20 I am Mormon, and a pure descendant of Lehi. I have reason to bless my God and my Savior Jesus Christ, that he brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem, (and no one knew it save it were himself and those whom he brought out of that land) and that he hath given me and my people so much knowledge unto the salvation of our souls.
22 And insomuch as the children of Lehi have kept his commandments he hath blessed them and prospered them according to his word.
23 Yea, and surely shall he again bring a remnant of the seed of Joseph to the knowledge of the Lord their God.
24 And as surely as the Lord liveth, will he gather in from the four quarters of the earth all the remnant of the seed of Jacob, who are scattered abroad upon all the face of the earth.
25 And as he hath covenanted with all the house of Jacob, even so shall the covenant wherewith he hath covenanted with the house of Jacob be fulfilled in his own due time, unto the restoring all the house of Jacob unto the knowledge of the covenant that he hath covenanted with them.
26 And then shall they know their Redeemer, who is Jesus Christ, the Son of God; and then shall they be gathered in from the four quarters of the earth unto their own lands, from whence they have been dispersed; yea, as the Lord liveth so shall it be. Amen.
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