Transfer 13 Week 2

This past week was one of much work and more work yet the numbers don't show it. Those happen alot. Numbers don't matter. Actually. That's a lie. They totally matter. When Christ said "For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. How think ye? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray." (Mat 18:11-13) or when the Lord was addressing Moses, "And the Lord God spake unto Moses, saying: The heavens, they are many, and they cannot be numbered unto man; but they are numbered unto me, for they are mine." (Moses 1:37) or when Christ is addressing the Nephites in the book of Mormon, "for behold, I know my sheep, and they are numbered." (3Nephi 18:31) 

We are numbered unto God because he knows us and he loves us. He desires that we come unto him. 

"Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God;" (D&C 18:10) "For behold, this is my work and my glory - to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.: (Moses 1:39)

I was recently reading the talk by Elder Uchtdorf, "You Matter To Him", given in the October 2011 conference. He begins by saying how Moses had the realization that we are nothing. In comparison with God, man is nothing. Elder Uchtdorf continues on and teaches us that though we may be nothing against the backdrop of God's creations we are everything to him. I love that. So much. I recently read in the Book of Mormon about the Anti Nephi Lehi's and how they had so much love for God and their fellow man that they had no fear of death because they knew God. It is a beautiful thought that as we deepen our conversion to God and to his gospel plan for us, we have no need to fear. 

In Sunday school the teacher told about his mission and how we served in Provo, UT. Yeap. That's right, that's right. He talked about how as missionaries we come in contact with a lot of people and we see a lot of circumstances. He got choked up as he spoke of the people who walked away and how devastating it was to watch. I can bear witness of his sentiments, it is devastating to watch someone turn away from the truth. But how 'exceeding is the joy' we feel as we watch the light of the gospel illuminate their soul and chase away the darkness. This is a joy that is not reserved solely for missionaries but is available for all who seek to uplift one another and to find that lost sheep, no matter who it be. I love you all.

I know I threw a bunch of scriptures at you but they are awesome!

Adair