Week 56: Peace, Be Still//Please, Be Chill

Tuesday--17 July 2018

Hola fam and friends! How are you all?

Didn't get to write yesterday, since it was another famous Catholic Saint holiday here in Chile....any reason to take a day off--haha! Actually, not a hundred percent sure why yesterday was a holiday, and neither are the majority of the Chileans! But it was a relaxed p-day. We played futbol/soccer as a zone and then made our way home to enjoy a peaceful afternoon. Used the time to read a bit and cook and it was fun! Ready to start this new and very busy week!

This week was full of miracles! And I never cease to be amazed! To share a bit, this Sunday started and ended with miracles! I started very skeptical and negative for the day, (in my defense, I've got a nasty head cold going on again), so it was very humbling to witness these tender mercies. We started our trek to the church building and passed by an investigators home to walk with her. I didn't think she was actually going to come to church, since the hermanas have been working with her for over 14 months and she has never come, but she came. I don't know what changed when we visited her this last week, but she came and she loved it. It was a sweet moment to share with her. The day went on and we were spending our time contacting and talking with the people. It was almost the end of the night when we knocked on a door. I was ready for another person to send us away or be nasty, but we were met by a very loving family of 4. They are the best! They welcomed us in and shared with us about the miracles they have seen and the faith that they have. God really does guide us in every footstep and He led us right to their door at that moment. He really is in all the details. I am so excited to continue serving and visiting this family 

My thought for the week: 

This week I studied a bit about the ¨natural man¨. Something I have learned is the natural man has a couple characteristics. It wants recognition, it wants credit, it wants attention, comfort and ease. It wants validation, it wants to look good, it wants to win or be right, for things to all be fair or at least in its favor, it wants material things, money and control. Natural man, or natural woman, is something we all have as human beings. But it is something we are learning to get rid of. 

After studying a bit about what the natural man is, it is also very clear what the natural man gets: emptiness, a meaningless life, pleasure and never lasting happiness or joy, regret, and loneliness. It leads to feeling unsatisfied, anger, resentment, disappointment, frustration and anxiety. 

And how sad is that, when we deserve so much more? Because something else I studied a bit of this last week is the fact that we don't only have this natural man in us, we have a spiritual nature too. We have divine potential, we are literally His children. We have a part of Him in us. And I absolutely love that. When we can recognize our potential, our ability, our identity, we will have all the power and capability we need to overcome our natural man. 

We have the ability and the opportunity to encounter joy and happiness, peace and love, true success, meaning in life, light and life. Anything and everything truly good is within our reach. 

Mosiah 3:19 

For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and  putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ  the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of  love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.   ¨

We are all in this process of putting off the natural man. But we can do it. 

I love you all! Have a great week!!

Con amor, 

Hermana Eibert

ps. my comp remembered more than I did...but 13 months! We celebrated with delicious sandwiches! Sorry, mom, it's a bad picture, but I was in my pajamas--hahahaha.