Milagros por los dias (miracles for
days...and eternity).
Miracle #1: Queen
We received a media-referral Thursday for a
lady who was asking for a Bible and we delivered it that night. As we were
walking up to her house we there was a boy in a doorway of another home we were
passing. We kept walking and delivered the Bible and they weren't interested in
the Book of Mormon so we turned back and felt really strongly that we needed to
stop at the home where we had seen the boy who was no longer out. We knocked
and long story short, Queen, a lady I met in January was at the home visiting
her friend and she recognized me and I her and we were able to talk about the
hand of the Lord, of His timing, and of His plans which are not coincidental,
meaning we had met then and been enabled to cross paths again for a reason. We,
all together, promised God that we going to take His sign and, needless to say,
we are excited to see her again.
Miracle #2: Maynor
We were met by a man, 26 years old, named
Maynor, at church yesterday. He came with us throughout our meetings and we
were able to visit with him for about 45 minutes after church was over. He is
in the depths of humility and wants nothing more than Christ's help to change
him and make him a better man. It was a truly magnificent experience being able
to testify and promise, with Elder Burrows, to our new found friend of the
glorious power of God and of God's loving and merciful and enabling nature. We
feel so blessed to have encountered such a humble and penitent seeker of truth
and know that the Lord has been working in Maynor's life and wants him to be
near to Him.
Miracle #3: Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ, the greatest miracle that
ever has been and ever will be. I am so grateful for the opportunity to
remember and worship the promised Messiah, the Holy and Anointed One, the Only
Begotten of the Father, the Prince of Peace, my Savior, my Redeemer, my King,
my Friend. I love Him. I know that He came to this earth in a fashion that
could be done only by the power of God but in the most humble and lowly of
circumstances. I know with that He lived a perfect and sinless life, being
tempted above what any other would ever be tempted with, going about doing
good, performing miracles, displaying the most pure and perfect love that
exists and taught as one sent from God for truly He was. He was left completely
and utterly alone in Gethsemane as He met the sins and the sorrows that the
world and its inhabitants would ever know. He was persecuted and rejected,
despised and beaten and He walked the rugged road, baring the very cross that
He was destined to hang from, to Calvary on Golgotha's hill. There He hung and
suffered and took upon Himself again the pains, and afflictions of the world
until His dying breath, willingly giving up the ghost. His rugged and worn body
was laid in a tomb. In the greatest manifestation and display of power, glory,
and love, the words "He is risen", echo in an empty tomb because Jesus
Christ won the victory, overcame the world, and triumphed over death. He left
the tomb and never returned and because He did, we will leave or graves and
never return also. His matchless life has allowed us to receive mercy, and love
and redemption and salvation. I know of these things for myself and as one of
His witnesses, I will forever stand in awe and desire to sing the song of
redeeming love and testify to the world of the things that I have seen and
believe and know to be true. Hallelujah, praise to our Father in Heaven for the
matchless gift of His Son, Jesus Christ.
Keep the faith,
Elder Ricks
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