5 Jan 2015
Hello everyone, and HAPPY NEW
YEAR!!
I don´t know about you guys but I
slept through ours... haha It had been a long day and I was ready for it
to end. However my message to you guys is about the importance of the New
Year and looking forward.
So the story I will use to express
this is Lot´s Wife in Genesis. This story is about Lot and his family
having to leave Sodom and Gomorrah and were commanded to not look back on the
cities. But what happened was that the wife of Lot looked back at the
city behind her and was turned into a pillar of salt. What I´d like to
use this story is to explain what we need to do for the New Year. Now
Lot´s wife did have a reason, she had to move homes. She probably left some
very valuable things behind, both of temporal value and of emotional. But
she didn´t have the faith that the Lord would bless her and her family in the
path coming up. I´d like to encourage you all to look forward. To
have faith that the Lord will bless you and make your life in the upcoming year
so much better.
Another thing is we have the
atonement exactly for this reason. So that we don´t have the need to look
back. With the power of the Atonement of Christ and repentance we can
have a clean sheet for our lives. We can keep our eyes on the path the
living with God in the Celestial Kingdom. That really should be where we
are looking. This is the message we shared for the New Years with a few
of the members from church. Keep your eyes focused on the goal; don´t let
the past distract you.
I love you all and wish you un
prospero año y mucho felizidad!!
Con amor,
Elder Forsgren
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