I hope that you all are having a great week, I just received the news that Ashlynn Bell ( my twin for those who don't know) is having her baby like right now!!! :O I can hardly believe that! :D I love her so much, and I know that she is going to make a great mom!
We are all so blessed to be children of God. That He loves us more than we will ever comprehend in this life, and probably in the life to come. I can only imagine what it will be like when we are greeted by our loved ones from the other side. As my companion and I were trainging. We were having a difficult time working on our unity, and asking good questions. We were becoming frustrated, but instead of letting it fester I decided to pray. It was a simple, and heartfelt prayer. When a song came into my head. "Heavenly Father Loves Me" this is the song that was sang at my mother's funereal. Although I wasn't in attendance, I was able to watch a DVD of the funereal. I love my mother, and she is very dear to me. When I started to sing, tears came to my eyes,and my voice coudln't really carry a tune much longer. But I sang anyway... ( my poor companion.. ;)) Peace over came me, and I was able to cool down, and communicate with my companion. We were then blessed with understanding and were able to continue learning. I love the Lord, and His tender mercies. I love my Mother, and that her presence brings me great comfort, and peace.
Something that I've been doing, and applying in my life is.. would I say that to the Savior? Would I raise my voice, call him stupid, or a boger? Would I think negatively, or be envious of Him? No, I wouldn't, so why do we do that towards others, and also to ourselves.
One thing we do as humans is beat our selves up. How can we be so cruel, and so tormentable (no idea if that's a real word ;P) to ourselves. We often times are our worse bullies, getting down on ourselves because we made a mistake, and we're not sure if we'll ever be able to overcome it. So it drives us to just continue down the dark tunnel of fear, paranoia, selfishness, and pride. The only way to overcome this is through our Savior Jesus Christ,
19 Wherefore, I beseech of yo
Moroni 7:19
Searching, and condemn if not, ye certainly will be a child of Christ. " I love that! I don't know about you, but I want that, I need that in order to obtain true happiness in this life! I cannot walk this path alone. And He is path, He lights the path, He walks besides' us on the path, He will even carry us down the path, if we go the right way. (2 Nephi 31) Are we allowing Christ to guide us on our day to day labors? Are we being the disciples we ought to be? Now I'm not saying that you shouldn't take a good look in the mirror and see where you can improve on as people, I'm saying by getting caught up on little imperfections, we often miss out on little miracles,and blessings that come our way.
May we all keep our eyes open to the bounteous blessings which the Lord gives us. How I love the Lord, and how I know He loves you. You are His child, He made you to be the only You there ever will be, And once you humble yourself enough to actually grasp that, or even have a desire to grasp that. Turn to prayer, prayer is a direct way to communicate with our Father in Heaven. (B.D.; Prayer) He wants to hear from you, He didn't send us to the earth to fail, He sent us to have success, and joy in this life, and in the life to come. (PMG The Restoration.. I think pg.36?)
I love you, Heavenly Father Loves you, come unto Him, and find Eternal life. He wants the very best for us. His "work and glory is to bring to pass the immortality, and eternal life of man." Moses 1:39.
I love you so much, thank you for all that you do, hope you have a great week. I am so appreciative for all for your prayers, thoughts, letters, and emails.
Love Sister Tomkinson,
p.s. we received transfer calls, I'm going to be staying in Moose Jaw for at least 6 more weeks. :D I love it here. There's a great member I'm particular close with, her name is Barb. Go to my facebook message her, I love her add her. She's great! :D
p.s.s. don't wend any packages to my apartment address, send them only to the mission office. UPS will fine me, and same with FedEx... last companion had a $65 fine, so please send them there, so that we can make sure that there are no hidden fees that go unaccounted for... I mean we do obey the law of the land. And I don't exactly want a canadian bounty over my head, for unpaid postage. ;)
Love Sister Tomkinson :D
p.s.s.s. Ashlynn's having her baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
