Have Our Strength Faithened

Dear Minnasan, 

Well, another week. It's gone by so fast, but by this point, that's nothing new. It's not a new concept that time slips away the fastest at those points in our life when we want it to go the slowest. 

Yesterday I had a very special experience, it was one of those moments when all the things that don't matter, all those trivial worries and burdensome cares, just lifted. It was like I caught a glimpse through the veil...the fog that clouds our vision with the falsehoods of who we are, and who we aren't. And in that moment, it was perfectly clear. That moment was this weekend as I sang a missionary song entitled, "Called to Serve." 

The words go, "Called to know the richness of his blessing– Sons and daughters, children of a King– Glad of heart, his holy name confessing, praises unto him we bring. Onward, ever onward, as we glory in his name; Onward, ever onward, as we glory in his name; Forward, pressing forward, as a triumph song we sing. God our strength will be; press forward ever, Called to serve our King." 

As I sang those words, my identity became clear. “I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life" (3 Nephi 5:13). 

Knowing who we are, and why we are here, makes all the difference. So, to whomever might be reading this: KNOW THAT YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD. If you have ever doubted this, STOP. DON'T EVER DOUBT THAT SIMPLE FACT AGAIN. You are His. You are Loved. You are. You are. You are!

Another special thing that happened this week was that we got to see General Conference, which is a world-wide meeting of the church where the leaders of the church instruct us and we can receive spiritual guidance from God. You should check it out, if you haven't already. It is amazing! As the Savior once said to His apostles, "Come and See." I am inviting you to "Come and See" how these words of God can change and refine you (Jon 1:39). They will change you more than you can ever imagine, if you but choose to let them.

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https://www.lds.org/general-conference/sessions/?cid=HP14GC&lang=eng

Anyways, at conference, a man offered a prayer, as is so often the case with Church things and Spiritual meetings. Nothing too surprising there, right? Well, this man messed up his words in his prayer. He was trying to say, "Help us to have our Faith Strengthened" but instead, he said, "Help us to have our Strength Faithened." At first, I thought that was pretty funny, but then I though about it, and there was actually quite a bit of wisdom in that. We all have strength. We all have things we are good at. We all have things that we try to do ourselves. We rely on ourselves, because we know we are strong and we think we can do things ourselves. And to some extent, that is true. We each have strength given to us. We have talents and skills and two arms and two legs and we are strong as to the ways of men.

Think now, how much more strong we could each become if we let our faith guide our strength. If we let God be the captain of our ships. If we could learn to RELY on HIM instead of ourselves. If we could let our “Strength be Faithened.” 

That's my hope for myself this week. I hope that I can have my strength faithened. And I hope you can too. 

Sister Weigl