Monday, September 16, 2013

September 16, 2013 "Cool way to study the scriptures."


September 16, 2013

Hello From AZ!

Mom you asked if every job in the world paid the same salary what would I like to pursue? To answer your question I would be a traffic supervisor from a lawn chair outside my home. Or an air sampler....

Happy Birthday Grandpa and Maria! I hope this years is a good one, hope all of your crazy fun dreams come true! I sent you both a virtual hug, hopefully it arrives soon.

So my companion and I have been trying this new way of studying from the scriptures for the past couple days and I have to say its pretty cool. It doesn't matter what approach you take to the scriptures whether it be through the index, certain topic, certain verses or such. What does matter is how you view the scriptures. What is said in the scriptures is no longer that important. Still important but don't pay so much attention to the actual words on the page. The scriptures are instead a key. What does a key do? Open things. The scriptures are a key to opening up the windows of heaven to learn more about Gods mysteries. How to do it? Start with a prayer asking a specific question or just something you are looking for. For my companion the first time he just asked God “I am acting in faith here with this new way of studying and I pray that I can learn your mysteries. Simple. Then open the scriptures of talks on scripture, what ever your cup of tea is that day, and write. Write all the thoughts that come to your mind. Read a scripture and then write all that comes to your mind until you can't think of anything anymore and continue reading again. It is pretty amazing. It feels as though God is speaking straight to you and in some cases it feels as though He is in the room with you. So I challenge you to try it out and if you have an experience then let me know!

Other than that my companion and I haven't done a whole lot and it sounds weird to say that because I thought I did a lot. I will try and have a great story for next weeks email.

Love y'all

Love Elder Leonahrdt

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