Every month we get a set amount of money that
should last until the next month, but sometimes you end up buying too many
tamales before the month ends and you are left with nothing…Uh…so this month that
might have been what happened to us. As a result we now have to wait until the
next deposit of money to buy drinking water, and let me just tell you that it
is pretty miserable to walk all day in the sun with a killer thirst for agua.
It’s a good thing the people here are really kind and have mercy on us.
This experience (along
with a little bit of scripture study) really got me thinking about when
somebody is left in a drought - spiritually
speaking. Sometimes we, as humans, are a little bit foolish and impulsive.
We let our desires of "I want one of those tamales RIGHT NOW!"
get in the way of our good sense and the council of God. We give in to
something that deep down we know won’t do us any good in the future, but it
just sounds soooo good in the moment. Later on, we suffer the results and are
often times left short-handed at the end of the month, with a thirst for
something that we now are unable to satisfy.
The best part about this
parable is that, just like the good people of Mexico, there is somebody waiting
with a tall glass of mercy and love --- just waiting for us to knock on their door. The
Savior, regardless of our foolish actions in the past, will always be there to
quench the thirst that we are unable to satisfy.
All that He asks is that we
make the decision to COME UNTO HIM and leave the wasteland behind.
I know that it is easy to say, and sometimes incredibly
difficult to do, but I also know that it is entirely possible.
"And how many
times they repented and asked forgiveness, with real intention, they were
forgiven." (Moroni 6:8, The Book of Mormon)
I love this mission. I
love Mexico. I know without a doubt that there is nothing better that I could
be doing right now.
Con amor, Hermana Jones
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