This last week went well, we didn't get to have lessons with some people that we are teaching because they got extremely busy this week, but we are going to be able to meet with them this week. Someone that we were able to meet with though was Gonzalo and Francesca. We went over and got to know them a little bit. They are from Venezuela but then moved to Panama after they got married and they said they thought they were going to be there for the rest of their lives basically, but then Covid-19 happened and they found themselves here in the US. They are both incredibly nice and we were able to share a scripture about faith and how that has played a role in their lives. It was a really good lesson. He told us that he wasn't going to be able to make it to church yesterday, because he was going to have to work, but then he showed up! He told us that as soon as he found out he wasn't going to have to work, he started getting ready for church. Francesca wasn't able to make it though because had to work. We are really excited to meet with them again and share some more scriptures! We were also able to teach Odali this last week too, he's from the Dominican Republic. I'll tell more how things went next week because we also have a time to meet with him this week.
Today I'd like to talk about something that I learned in my personal study this last week. I was reading in 1 Nephi chapter 11 about the meaning of the Tree of Life.
Here's a link to the story of the Tree of Life if you want to read it first.
Or the video
In versus 22, 23, And 25 of chapter 11 it says, "Knowest thou the meaning of the tree which thy father saw? And I answered him, saying: Yea, it is the love of God, which sheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men; wherefore, it is the most desirable above all things.
23 And he spake unto me, saying: Yea, and the most joyous to the soul.
25 And it came to pass that I beheld that the rod of iron, which my father had seen, was the word of God, which led to the fountain of living waters, or to the tree of life; which waters are a representation of the love of God; and I also beheld that the tree of life was a representation of the love of God."
I never realized before how it correlates the Tree to the love of God, and then it says that the Tree is also the 'fountain of living waters'. We also hear basically that phrase of living water in John 4:10-14, with the woman at the Well. Christ says that he gives the living water, so we could say he is the 'fountain of living waters'. The way that we feel more of the love of God in our lives is by growing closer to the Savior. I feel like it also goes the other way around, we know that we are bettering our relationship with Christ if we feel God's love more in our lives.
Love you guys! Hope you liked my insights!
- Elder Edholm
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