Happy 10 months, Hermana Ruiz! Here's a gift from my
heart to yours:
I know that the Lord has a plan for me and my life. Whenever I've followed His suggestions, even if they didn't fit into the plan I had for myself, I've always been so much happier than I would have if I did it my way. He truly knows how to make us happier than we can imagine, and He has a vision of us as our best and perfect selves. I know He is guiding me toward that better self as I keep the commandments and covenants I've made with Him and as I follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost.
I know that Jesus Christ lives, and that He died for my sins so that if I repent, I can live with God again someday. I know that the Lord has a living prophet on the earth today, President Thomas S. Monson, because God listens to, cares about, and guides His people today as He did anciently, and as He always has. I know that Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ, as he said he did, and that They tasked him with restoring the one true church to the earth. I know that Joseph Smith translated the golden plates into the Book of Mormon, and that the Book of Mormon is truly another testament of Jesus Christ. A second witness to compliment the Bible.
How do I know this? I haven't seen an angel or heard God's voice from
heaven or seen Christ in a tortilla. In fact, I've never had a miraculous
vision of any kind. But I have seen miracles. In my life and in the
lives of others. That's how I know God is real, and that He loves me and
notices me. He doesn't always give me what I want, when I wanted it, but
He has always given me what I needed to learn and grow.
When I decided to take the leap of faith to start our family, it was the most difficult decision I'd ever made. I felt like I was giving up everything. My career, my body, my freedom, my life. It was a huge sacrifice for me. I thought that since I was doing something so hard for me that the Lord would bless me with a dream or vision of my future child to help me through the difficult times ahead during the pregnancy, labor and delivery, and beyond. But He didn't. Not ever. I felt so foolish and abandoned. Then I realized that He had already sent an angel to help me. He sent me Mario. He was all I needed to get me through the tough times. Which there have been many, and I know there will be more. I thought God wasn't listening and didn't care about what I needed, but I was wrong. He was watching out for me the whole time; I just didn't see it, because I had decided I needed something else.
Marrying your brother was the best decision I've ever made. (Another suggestion from God!) I'm so grateful we're sealed together for time and all eternity in the temple. It brings me such peace to know that if we live worthily, we will always be together, and nothing could take him away from me. The temple is a wonderful place. We draw ourselves closer to the Lord when we serve there.
May legions of angels protect you as you serve the Lord on your mission. You are an incredible person, daughter of God, sister-in-law, and missionary! Felizisissimo 10 months!!
With love, Chelsea
I know that the Lord has a plan for me and my life. Whenever I've followed His suggestions, even if they didn't fit into the plan I had for myself, I've always been so much happier than I would have if I did it my way. He truly knows how to make us happier than we can imagine, and He has a vision of us as our best and perfect selves. I know He is guiding me toward that better self as I keep the commandments and covenants I've made with Him and as I follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost.
I know that Jesus Christ lives, and that He died for my sins so that if I repent, I can live with God again someday. I know that the Lord has a living prophet on the earth today, President Thomas S. Monson, because God listens to, cares about, and guides His people today as He did anciently, and as He always has. I know that Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ, as he said he did, and that They tasked him with restoring the one true church to the earth. I know that Joseph Smith translated the golden plates into the Book of Mormon, and that the Book of Mormon is truly another testament of Jesus Christ. A second witness to compliment the Bible.
How do I know this? I haven't seen an angel or heard God's voice from
heaven or seen Christ in a tortilla. In fact, I've never had a miraculous
vision of any kind. But I have seen miracles. In my life and in the
lives of others. That's how I know God is real, and that He loves me and
notices me. He doesn't always give me what I want, when I wanted it, but
He has always given me what I needed to learn and grow.When I decided to take the leap of faith to start our family, it was the most difficult decision I'd ever made. I felt like I was giving up everything. My career, my body, my freedom, my life. It was a huge sacrifice for me. I thought that since I was doing something so hard for me that the Lord would bless me with a dream or vision of my future child to help me through the difficult times ahead during the pregnancy, labor and delivery, and beyond. But He didn't. Not ever. I felt so foolish and abandoned. Then I realized that He had already sent an angel to help me. He sent me Mario. He was all I needed to get me through the tough times. Which there have been many, and I know there will be more. I thought God wasn't listening and didn't care about what I needed, but I was wrong. He was watching out for me the whole time; I just didn't see it, because I had decided I needed something else.
Marrying your brother was the best decision I've ever made. (Another suggestion from God!) I'm so grateful we're sealed together for time and all eternity in the temple. It brings me such peace to know that if we live worthily, we will always be together, and nothing could take him away from me. The temple is a wonderful place. We draw ourselves closer to the Lord when we serve there.
May legions of angels protect you as you serve the Lord on your mission. You are an incredible person, daughter of God, sister-in-law, and missionary! Felizisissimo 10 months!!
With love, Chelsea
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