DearJosh,
Ihope that this past week has been successful for you. Loved your talk andthe comparison with building a home, plans, foundation walls and roof. Excellent comparison, it is great that you are able to put that processtogether and present the material so well. You have really blossomed intoquite the speaker and writer. Greg has your motorcycle. He broughtall the licensing current and is using it. Thanks for letting him use it,he is loving the 45 mpg it gets. Jeromy and Jane were not interested inusing it.
Iam glad that you are working so hard continuing to put your faith in God. I hate to quote cliché’s but, sometimes it just takes a lot of work toget success. Something fun. I used the talk that you sent us byElder Lynn G. Robbins, “What Manner of Men and Women ought ye be?”for my home teaching message this month. Brother and Sister Jepson saidthat it was exactly what they needed to hear, and were truly grateful for themessage. I had made a photo copy of the talk for them and left it withthem so they could study it a little more. Mom had kept the articleattached to the fridge for months. She had also written on the copy thatyou sent, in the right had corner, Josh’s favorite article. On theleft hand corner she wrote, “mom’s favorite now too!”. We both enjoyed reading it and sharing it together.
Wewent to the temple again with Justin last week and are hoping to go with himagain tomorrow or later this week. Micaela flew out toMichigan to go to her dance camp for three weeks. I hope that it is allthat she wants it to be.
Itaught gospel doctrine yesterday, the lesson was on theResurrection. I feel bad for the wrap that Thomas takes as adoubter. This is truly a first, no one has ever been resurrectedbefore. I can at least appreciate why he doubted. I really enjoyedPresident Hinckley’s quote, “Have you not heard others speak asThomas spoke? Give us they say, the empirical evidence. Prove before ourvery eyes, and our ears, and our hands, else we will not believe. This isthe language of the time in which we live. Thomas the Doubter has becomethe example of men in all ages who refuse to accept other than that which theycan physically prove and explain—as is they could prove love, or faith,or even such physical phenomena as electricity…
Toall within the sound of my voice who may have doubts, I repeat the words givenThomas as he felt the wounded hand s of the Lord: Be not faithless, butbelieving.” President Hinckley really does hit the nail on thehead. We all seem to want empirical proof before we want to accept. I hope that those that you are teaching will have the ability to have faith andbelieve.
SoJosh, as you work so hard and diligently, be not faithless, butbelieving. All things are possible and the Lord will bless and sustainyou in His work. He knows, trust in Him. Seek Him and how He wantsthe work to progress in McCombs.
Mommade an interesting point as she read and discussed Luke 24:36-43. Christappeared to the eleven and said, “Peace be unto you.”. but insteadof immediate peace coming to the eleven, they were terrified and affrighted andsupposed that they had seen a spirit. Now I don’t blame them fortheir fear either, their best friend had just been tried and crucified. Iam confident that many of the Jewish leaders wanted the apostles killed aswell. The tomb is empty, and the Jewish leaders will blame them. Iam thinking, they must be thinking things are looking pretty bad, we should beleaving town.
Ilove you so much, appreciate the experiences that you are having and pray foryou and your companion and your investigators.
Loveyou
Dad
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