Sabbath days are the best days. I've started calling them Sunday Fundays. Except not so much fun when you have to work. :/ Anywhooo.... This week I would like to talk about the atonement. Most importantly, the enabling power of the atonement.
I don't have time to go into all the details, but I've kind of gone on a power trip recently and decided that I am completely anti-boy/anti-utah/anti-
The point is, I'm not waiting around for people or opportunities anymore. I'm going out and grabbing them. I am being independent taking advantage of this wonderful time in my life. I always had this plan for my life and I always thought that the plan would never change. And I also thought that some things were out of my control. But they're not. I can still do all the things I want to and let other things happen when they're supposed to. (aka getting married)
Why can't I just wait and be social when all of you come home?? :)
So. Here's what's happening. I'm going on a study abroad. Either to Vienna to do my music or to New Zealand to do a teaching practicum. It's happening. I'm always planning on being an EFY counselor next summer. I will also be going back to Washington to teach someday. No questions asked. And I'm expanding my circle of influence by just being awesome and working on myself. Which means not spending so much time with people who aren't helping me get where I need to be. So what does this have to do with the atonement??
Well, working on yourself and being so busy doing all the right things and trying to be successful is kind of lonely. How many college students do you know that still keep the mission schedule?ha ha! My point exactly. It takes some sacrifice. And that doesn't mean that you can't still interact with people or serve them, but it's all about time management.
So.
Who's there when it feels like no one else is? Who understands you when no one else does? Who suffered all things and still came out conqueror? Who has provided a way for you to access the greatest gift ever given to mankind?
The Savior.
And He will always be there.
And through Him you will be able to become
more than you ever thought possible.
#becauseofHim
watch the video again if you forgot how blessed we are.
entonces...a couple quotes.
"But do we also understand that the Atonement is for faithful men and women who are obedient, worthy, and conscientious and who are striving to become better and serve more faithfully? I wonder if we fail to fully acknowledge this strengthening aspect of the Atonement in our lives and mistakenly believe we must carry our load all alone—through sheer grit, willpower, and discipline and with our obviously limited capacities."
-Elder David A. Bednar
Why do we think we have to do it all on our own?
"Each day, ours is the challenge to access the power of the Atonement so that we can truly change"
-Elder Russell M. Nelson
And a video...
Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever
I am so excited to start relying on my Savior more. It has to be a conscientious choice and it's going to take a lot of effort and humility, but I can't wait to see where I will go and who I will become and the people I will be able to help along the way. I know that my Savior lives and that through Him is the only way to return to live with my Heavenly Father. I know that the atonement is for everyone and that we have been given the gift of prayer to be able to communicate with our Father who not only knows us and loves us perfectly, but has a plan for us, and is willing to help if only we will ask.
Strive this week to become better than you already are. To use the enabling part of the atonement. To understand more fully the Savior's sacrifice for us and to teach an investigator or random person on the street about how this gift has impacted you and how it can change their life.
Just be awesome.
lots of love,
Sister Blackner
Movie night with my girls
Lots of leftover soda
Y mount
Sometimes snapchat is fun :)
Me rockin the bowling shoes. I literally wore them all night.
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