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We saw the
Gewandhouse (Leipzig) orchestra play the other night. They did an outdoor
concert to kind of start off their season! It was AHMAZING!!!!!!
This week I learned a lot about the love of Christ. This weekend, at church, the primary children all did a little program. The theme for the program was "Ich weiß dass mein Erlöser lebt". ( I know that my redeemer lives. The children all sang songs and told stories of Jesus. They told stories of the many miracles that he performed and the many lessons that he taught. The one common theme in all of the stories that the children found is how much Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father really love us. The whole reason that we exist is because they love us enough to help us have this experience here on Earth.
Another cool experience that we had this week was with a less active member. She was baptized a few years ago with her son. We were talking with her and got to learn more about how she came to know about the church when her son walked in. They started talking about the experiences that they had had with the missionaries and also at church. We ended up asking her what her next goal for her family is. She said that she wants to go to the temple and be sealed for all eternity. I think that is a great goal. We talked about how through the small things that we do, we can be able to achieve great things. The temple seems really out of her reach right now, but she knows that it is possible. That goes for us all as well. If you have personal goals that you want to reach, but right now they just kind of seem too out of reach, take the time to make some smaller goals to help you achieve those goals. You can do it! With the help and strength of our Savior, we can do all things. I learned German! ;)
I love you all and I hope that you have a lovely week!
Sister Reed
-Spiritual thought for Mama!
So yesterday, we had an eating appointment with a familie. Sister Mittleman and I decided to share a thought about a cake. We talked about how this cake looked super good. It was a chocolate cake with German chocolate frosting. It had all of these little perfectly cut strawberries placed all over the top to make it look like a rose and a few extra strawberries on the bottom to finish it off. Looks good right? I want to eat it.... But what if we found out that the cake was baked with bad eggs, onions and too much salt? Would we still want to eat it? haha! Well, maybe just the outside. We compared this to our thoughts. In D&C it says,
"... let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God..."
We talked about how sometimes we may think that our actions are more important than our thoughts, but for God, it is quite different. Heavenly Father knows exactly what we think and also what we do. When we were talking to this familie, they made a good point that the more our thoughts are in line with our actions, the easier life will be because we won’t be having a constant inner battle.
A while ago, Lindsey Stirling did a little Q&A with the youth. She told them that in order to change your thoughts, you have to retrain your brain. She used to be anorexic. She said that for a while, she would look at her food and cry saying that she was grateful for it even though she didn’t believe it. But, after a while, she said that her brain and her thoughts started to believe it. She talked about how sometimes it takes time to train our brain. It won’t happen all at once. But through time, when we catch ourselves having not so good thoughts, and try to correct them, we will be able to accomplish this difficult task. If you haven’t, I would totally invite you to watch this video... it is long. But she gives so much good advice that I think is helpful for everyone.
It’s called Face to Face with Lindsey Stirling. It is like... one of my favorite clips to watch when I am really feeling down. :) I hope you have a lovely week! :)
This week I learned a lot about the love of Christ. This weekend, at church, the primary children all did a little program. The theme for the program was "Ich weiß dass mein Erlöser lebt". ( I know that my redeemer lives. The children all sang songs and told stories of Jesus. They told stories of the many miracles that he performed and the many lessons that he taught. The one common theme in all of the stories that the children found is how much Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father really love us. The whole reason that we exist is because they love us enough to help us have this experience here on Earth.
Another cool experience that we had this week was with a less active member. She was baptized a few years ago with her son. We were talking with her and got to learn more about how she came to know about the church when her son walked in. They started talking about the experiences that they had had with the missionaries and also at church. We ended up asking her what her next goal for her family is. She said that she wants to go to the temple and be sealed for all eternity. I think that is a great goal. We talked about how through the small things that we do, we can be able to achieve great things. The temple seems really out of her reach right now, but she knows that it is possible. That goes for us all as well. If you have personal goals that you want to reach, but right now they just kind of seem too out of reach, take the time to make some smaller goals to help you achieve those goals. You can do it! With the help and strength of our Savior, we can do all things. I learned German! ;)
I love you all and I hope that you have a lovely week!
Sister Reed
-Spiritual thought for Mama!
So yesterday, we had an eating appointment with a familie. Sister Mittleman and I decided to share a thought about a cake. We talked about how this cake looked super good. It was a chocolate cake with German chocolate frosting. It had all of these little perfectly cut strawberries placed all over the top to make it look like a rose and a few extra strawberries on the bottom to finish it off. Looks good right? I want to eat it.... But what if we found out that the cake was baked with bad eggs, onions and too much salt? Would we still want to eat it? haha! Well, maybe just the outside. We compared this to our thoughts. In D&C it says,
"... let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God..."
We talked about how sometimes we may think that our actions are more important than our thoughts, but for God, it is quite different. Heavenly Father knows exactly what we think and also what we do. When we were talking to this familie, they made a good point that the more our thoughts are in line with our actions, the easier life will be because we won’t be having a constant inner battle.
A while ago, Lindsey Stirling did a little Q&A with the youth. She told them that in order to change your thoughts, you have to retrain your brain. She used to be anorexic. She said that for a while, she would look at her food and cry saying that she was grateful for it even though she didn’t believe it. But, after a while, she said that her brain and her thoughts started to believe it. She talked about how sometimes it takes time to train our brain. It won’t happen all at once. But through time, when we catch ourselves having not so good thoughts, and try to correct them, we will be able to accomplish this difficult task. If you haven’t, I would totally invite you to watch this video... it is long. But she gives so much good advice that I think is helpful for everyone.
It’s called Face to Face with Lindsey Stirling. It is like... one of my favorite clips to watch when I am really feeling down. :) I hope you have a lovely week! :)
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| Gewandhouse (Leipzig) Orchestra |
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