It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go!!!! Eddie?... Eddie? Eddie, if i woke up this morning with my face sown to the carpet, i wouldn't be more surprised than i am now! hahah!! Christmas Vacation though.... Miss it for sure!
Things are going great in Montgomery! The Madison family is doing great, progressing right along, and they are due for a marriage and baptism on the 27th. Please pray for them! The trio is awesome, Elder Davis is alright, he's not the best thing in the whole world, but we are getting him out of his shell, i mean, Seegmiller and I are the exact same, so you can only imagine.... Poor Elder Davis :) Also, Chris Green is doing great, he is on date for the 27th as well! :) Montgomery is awesome!
As I have said in prior letters, the Doctrine of Christ is the center of my life! It's how i live, how i love, and how i function every single day. His Grace is sufficient, to bear us up, and the enable us! I don't think many people understand that concept. Grace is the Enabling power, in which Satan can not bind us. Powerful. I encourage and invite all who read this to, like it says on "He is the Gift" To Discover the Gift, to Embrace the Gift, and then Share the Gift. The Gift being Jesus Christ. Not just him, not that he is born, but that he Enables us in all things that we do! I am seriously on this kick of people knowing and understanding the Doctrine of Christ because it will change you. It is all over the Book of Mormon, so please, Embrace his Grace.
This is a little excerpt of "His Grace is Sufficient" by Brad Wilcox. If I have already shared it, i'm sorry, but actually not because this should be known over and over. :)
Christ’s Grace Is Sufficient to Transform Us
Christ’s arrangement with us is similar to a mom providing music lessons for her child. Mom pays the piano teacher. How many know what I am talking about? Because Mom pays the debt in full, she can turn to her child and ask for something. What is it? Practice! Does the child’s practice pay the piano teacher? No. Does the child’s practice repay Mom for paying the piano teacher? No. Practicing is how the child shows appreciation for Mom’s incredible gift. It is how he takes advantage of the amazing opportunity Mom is giving him to live his life at a higher level. Mom’s joy is found not in getting repaid but in seeing her gift used—seeing her child improve. And so she continues to call for practice, practice, practice.
If the child sees Mom’s requirement of practice as being too overbearing (“Gosh, Mom, why do I need to practice? None of the other kids have to practice! I’m just going to be a professional baseball player anyway!”), perhaps it is because he doesn’t yet see with mom’s eyes. He doesn’t see how much better his life could be if he would choose to live on a higher plane.
In the same way, because Jesus has paid justice, He can now turn to us and say, “Follow me” (Matthew 4:19), “Keep my commandments” (John 14:15). If we see His requirements as being way too much to ask (“Gosh! None of the other Christians have to pay tithing! None of the other Christians have to go on missions, serve in callings, and do temple work!”), maybe it is because we do not yet see through Christ’s eyes. We have not yet comprehended what He is trying to make of us.
I love y'all so so so much, take luck, and peace out :)
-Elder Bloxham
