August 15, 2016 1 YEAR OUT

this week I will hit my 1 year mark since i entered the MTC.. woah.

this week was great with my NEW companion. Elder Allsop. he is a sweet guy! 

well this week in my studies i wanna share a story about this guy Mahonri Moriancumr. he's a pretty dope guy. 

So the Lord is guiding them to get to the promised land. and he is told that he needs to build these boats that are to be sealed air tight so that no water or light can get in. after he finishes building them with his people he says, " O Lord, i have performed the work which thou hast commanded me." and continues to pretty much say BUT, we don't have any light or air in our boats for the long trip, how will we survive? the lord have him answers to the easy questions that were pretty obvious. he was to make a hole in the top and a hole in the bottom for air and water. 

After he does that he prays again "Lord, will you still make us travel in the dark?"

the Lord responds pretty much saying.. "What do you want me to do? you can't have a fire, and you can't have windows or the boat will flood and sink. so what do you want me to do?"

Mahonri decided to do something about it. he went to a mountain and carved out some stones and prayed to the lord to touch the stones so they could light up and that way they could have light inside their ships over the journey.

After that, because of his faith, he literally saw the Lord and at that moment his faith was no longer faith. (ether chapter 3:19) "and he had faith no longer, for he knew, nothing doubting."

What can we do, so that like Mahonri (ether 3: 9), we can see the Lord?

because yeah, the lord is going to answer some of our prayers, but what about those prayers that he responds saying (ether 2:23) "what do you want me to do abou it?

This is where that faith part comes in, because we know that faith (james 2:17) is not faith at all without works. so it requires us getting off our bums and finding a solution! THEN asking the lord or telling him what we need him to do.

If we would quit asking for solutions and start looking for them, the lord will bless us on our path to find the right answers! and like Elder Nelson of the 12 said, we must pray as if everything depends on the lord, and then work, as if everything depends on us.

Have a great week!

Elder Fuchs