one story

one story

one story that isn't too exciting but one of my favorite moments of the week. we had our first lesson with a man named K (he'd met with the elders occasionally) and soon after we began, it was evident that he wanted to bible bash (not in like a mean way...he's the nicest man, but wanted to throw bible verses back and forth debating the godhead, faith vs works, continuing revelation etc...). I was praying to know what to say..i mean i know we COULD show him in the bible the TRUE doctrine of those topics...i've studied them since EVERYONE brings up the same stuff,.....but i also knew that true conversion doesn't come that way...it comes through experiences feeling the spirit as you read the book of mormon. so we had a really good lesson helping him understand that the ONLY way to settle his questions once and for all was to experiment with god's word, the book of mormon and REALLY ask god if it's true. for if it's true then we have living prophets on earth that help us understand the doctrine correctly and simply. anyway, i really felt that i had the words given to me by the spirit, and it felt so good! speaking with the spirit is so much better than "proving things." he wouldn't take our challenge to seriously study the book of mormon, but i know we did our part.

ok yeah, random story of the week :)