Taichung Time
I've
learned a lot this week. I've learned what it means to really search
for God. One of the investigators that was supposed to be baptized this
week is unable to reach his goal now because of some worthiness
issues... the worthiness issues aren't even his, and so I think it's
especially unfair. I heard the news on Sunday, and it hit me pretty
hard. I had fasted and prayed so hard that God would help him reach his
goal, but it didn't work. I had tried every prayer in the book, but it
didn't work. I couldn't help but think to myself: "WHY didn't it work?" I
thought to myself about how unfair the whole situation was and how
heartbroken I felt to know that he was being kept from blessings which
he could so easily reach if he would but use his Agency for good. I had
put a "pavilion" between myself and God with all of these thoughts and
bitter worries.
God is always there. He truly is our Father, and
although it seems to us that He is so far away, He knows how close we
truly are to Him. Although you may feel that you are forgotten, if you
feel like God doesn't know or even care, if you can't seem to feel the
precious love that He has for you, I exhort you to "de-clutter" your
life right now. Take away those things that are adding unnecessary
stress, those things that merely distract or take up time, and God will
fill that emptiness IF it's what you're searching for. I promise that
these things are true. They are plain and as precious as can be.
I love you all. You mean so much to me, and know
that I'm praying for you by name very often. I've felt and watched
myself change so much in the past year and a half, and yet my feelings
for all of you have only grown and deepened to a whole other level.
Thank you for your support and your love, know that you are loved in
return.
Love, Elder Noll
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