Saturday, December 6, 2014

"Built in Humilities"

The other day a mission friend and I went over to my mission presidents house. My mission president and his wife came home 3 months before I did. They live about 40 minutes away from my house! My friend and I called our mission president and he told us he wanted to talk to us because we had something in common. So we went over there and visited with him. My whole life I've lived with insecurities, which I learned how to deal with more on my mission. I'm a lot less shy than I used to be...But my mission President wanted to talk to me and my friend Alyssa about our "built in humilities" I thought of  it as a positive way of saying "i'm extremely insecure" but then he talked about Alma 32. The apostate Zoramites are being visited by Alma and the only ones that will listen to him are the ones that are poor, because they have been cast out because of their afflictions. In this chapter it talks about how the poor Zoramites were compelled to be humble because of their afflictions. I realized how grateful I am for my insecurities, they help me to be humble and to have a firm reliance on my Savior. I constantly have to rely on Him for strength, and how grateful I am for that blessing. I always thought of my insecurities as me being prideful, but that's only if I am comparing myself to someone else. But if I can just understand that I have the great opportunity given to me to rely on my Savior I know that He will make me more humble and stronger. Humility is a goal of mine. And I sincerely hope that I can apply such a great Christ-like attribute to my life. What are your insecurities? and are they prideful insecurities? or built in humilities?


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