Friday, November 25, 2016

Hello again again

I'm feeling reflective today. I have been thinking about blogging a lot the last while. I miss it.

Today was the last day of seminary. The year has been very good. I have learned a lot. It was also challenging, especially as it came to a close. Teaching while 6 months pregnant at 6 in the morning, has been interesting.

Last day, 
missing some students, 
but its hard to get everyone there at once.


This morning I zombie crawled out of bed at 5:00. I tried to get things together quickly but I felt like I was walking through wet concrete while the clock flew with minutes turning like seconds. I left a few minutes late so I opted to take the bus first. I then stopped at a students house to pick her up and we walked the last ten minutes to the church together.

Our last lesson was on "Malaquias" (Portuguese for Malachi). It was really interesting. I was melding three lessons together so that we could finish the course on time. I wasn't behind, that how it is set up in my area. We talked about gifts. We talked about offerings.

Have you ever received a terrible gift? How did you feel?

In the beginning of Malachi, the Lord chastises the Israelites for offering sacrifices with imperfect animals. They offered the blind and crippled of their flocks. Their offerings were selfish and embarrassing.

What about our offerings to the Lord?
Do we obey the commandments with all of our hearts?
Do we give the best of ourselves?

I invite you to think about that and make a goal to create a habit of heartfelt gift giving to our father in heaven.

As the year comes to a close we celebrate the perfect and eternal give he gave to us. Our Father in Heaven gave his perfect son to die for us. Through him we are made whole.

John 3:16

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