HOPE


Hope y'all are safe and healthy and enjoying self isolation. This week was a pretty normal standard week other than the fact that General Conference was this weekend. For those who don't know what that is it's the living prophets and apostles speak to us. It was a solid 10 hours of spiritual nourishment and feasting. 

As with every conference there's always some talks that stand out above the rest. Elder Neal A. Andersen's talk on spiritual experiences but hard will talk about that in another week. But what I wanted to talk about is the subject of this email. 

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's talk called the Pure Hope of Christ. No matter your Faith this is a great message for everyone and all of you should read it. But some of the things that stood out to me is, 1.  Hope is believing when there is so much around you telling you not to believe. There is always going to be reasons to doubt our beliefs in anything. The question and choice is will we let those doubts conquer our beliefs? Do we have the hope to stand by Jesus Christ and our Loving Heavenly Father when all else around else tell us not to? 

2. The second point that I really enjoyed is that our hope ultimately comes from the 2 greatest commandments. Loving the Lord Thy God with all thy heart, might, mind, and stregnth. And loving Thy neighbor as thyself. When we do this there is hope there will always be hope. A hope for a better world, hope for a better day. There is hope when we love. 

In a Facebook video (friend me on facebook if you haven't yet, Tyler Park) I was challenged to share how I find hope in Jesus Christ. My hope comes from knowing I need not be perfect and that God's grace is sufficient for me. All I have to do is try my best. Don't be afraid to fail, don't be afraid to be wrong. If you're doing all you can you need not fear. That is my testimony and that is how I find hope in Jesus Christ. How do you find hope in Jesus Christ? 

Love y'all stay safe, have fun, and try something new! 

Elder Park 

Ty’s facebook post about Hope in Jesus Christ
https://www.facebook.com/tyler.park.39904/videos/223015489044046/?t=1

Elder Holland’s Excerpt: https://www.facebook.com/jeffreyr.holland/videos/2882290601825293/?t=1

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