The Catcher.

I love you all and will continue praying for you. I have made great friends here and I trust that you will take care of each other. We are a family.

Oh and by this time tomorrow, my family will have been sealed. We are so excited.

Anonymous asked: "Adam fell that men might be, and men are that they might have joy." So basically, our purpose/end goal is just to be happy?

Our goal is joy. Which depending on your definition of happiness, could differ from joy.

We define joy as the potential to be like God. Which is our calling in life, to become more like Him. In Him, there is true happiness.

Sometimes people say God doesn’t care about your happiness. And that makes absolutely no sense to me. Scripture says that God is a perfect father, better than any earthly father. So that means He loves us and cares about us. He does desire our happiness. Our true happiness and that is why He hates sin. Sin corrupts us. Sin harms us. Sin destroys happiness.

Our goal is joy. Matt 25:21 says that our reward is entering into the joy of the Lord. Luke 2:10 says that the gospel is good tidings of great joy. We are meant to live the gospel, live in Christ, and find joy in it. Or John 15:11, “that your joy might be full.” Or John 17:13, that His joy might be fulfilled in us. Romans 15:13 states that God fills us with joy.

God desires for us to have joy. He didn’t just send us here to split us up. He didn’t create us children, to simply condemn or save. He wants us each to have the opportunity of joy.

I love you all and will continue praying for you. I have made great friends here and I trust that you will take care of each other. We are a family.

little-white-daisy:

Hey guys

Let’s talk about the church without someone getting morbidly offended

I would really like that a whole lot

I’m tired of people fighting about the one thing in life that is supposed to end all fighting

What say ye?

Amen.

Church is the ultimate support group. We’re all working together. That means that if someone needs correction, we correct them but out of love. It isn’t love to sit back and say “well it’s their choice”. We respect each other’s right to make our own choices but we still offer correction. We offer it with love.

I, for one, will try to pay extra attention to the spirit I have when I offer and receive correction.

Let’s love each other guys.

(Source: watchthedaisiesgrow)

Anonymous asked: what do you think about a guy waiting on a girl while she goes on her mission. i know it probably depends on the couple, but do you think it's right? would you encourage them to keep emotional distance?

I don’t think having a girlfriend or boyfriend back home is a problem. As long as both in the relationship understand the mission that they are on. If they keep God first and support each other in the gospel, then their relationship can strengthen the missionary and the mission can strengthen the relationship.

The problem often arises when communication becomes more focused on the couple than God. The letters are more about the couple’s future than the present mission. And that is dangerous. God always come first. In marriage, in dating, in life. Always.

I encourage both in the relationship to trust God. To stop worrying and trust God.

It definitely depends on the couple, but I tell girls to “date and wait”. This means that they do not shut down their social life for 2 years. They still get to know and associate with young men. They stop worrying and trust God to either prove that their missionary is the man they should marry or that there is someone better suited for them. This doesn’t mean lying to their missionary but having mutual knowledge between them that they will trust God to lead them in the correct path.

I don’t think there is a different standard for men than women who are in a relationship with someone going on a mission.

The biggest thing: God comes first.