07/09/2023
Today I want to share my testimony about how aligning our will with Jesus Christ can change us & bless our lives. I love this definition for what aligning our will to God is "God uses love-inspired correction to guide us to a future we do not or cannot now envision but which He knows is the better way for us".
For most of my life serving a mission was always apart of my plans but as the years went on my mission started fading into the background. Life was good, I loved my job, I had great friends around me, I was doing good in college, I was traveling & I was happy. In other words my life was comfortable. I was living the life I wanted, everything revolved around me! Months leading up to deciding to serve my mission I experienced the power of Grace in my life. I knew I needed to leave behind my desires and let Jesus Christ take over! I did as the Prophet Nephi teaches us in the Book of Mormon "reconcile yourselves to the will of God".Now 7 months later im on a mission & my life is completely different almost nothing is the same. It has not been easy, actually its been the hardest thing I've ever done. Over the last 7 months I've experienced complete change through the atonment of Jesus Christ. Change isn't easy, it can be painful, uncomfortable, uneasy & just straight up hard, but there can be pure joy found in it !! Its possible through Jesus Christ! Sometimes He leads us down paths that we dont want to go down, are scared to go down or dont think we could ever possibly go down and make it out on the other side. Because He loves us & knows us perfectly he provides us with opportunities to stretch, develop, grow and ultimately become more like Him. Im forever grateful I decided to allow Jesus Christ to author my life, because of it I've grown in ways I never imagined & never knew I needed. I have experienced pure joy and peace. Ourselves and our lives can be changed for the best as we choose to trust and listen to Jesus Christ, as we choose to walk side by side with him each day instead of walking alone!
I know we have a Heavenly Father who loves us each personally, because he loves us he has given us a perfect plan of happiness. I know Jesus Christ is our Savior. Because of Him and his perfect atonment we have endless opportunities to change & become the people we need to be.I know one day we will be perfect even as he is. I know the gospel of Jesus Christ is restored here on the earth today to help lead and guide us safely back into the presence of our Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ. I know that as we give our will to the Lord & follow him he will make more out of us and our lives than we can imagine, we can experience real and true lasting Joy.
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-Sister Caroline Brown
