July 7th Teresa Muse
Reflecting the Light of the Savior
Do you remember when you were a child being afraid of the dark?? Sometimes as adults are we still that way??
3 Nephi 8:21-22
What broke through that thick darkness??
The light of the Savior can overcome ANY darkness.
Our Savior's love
Shines like the sun with perfect light,
As from above
It breaks thru clouds of strife.
Lighting our way,
It leads us back into his sight,
Where we may stay
To share eternal life.
When Edward Hart wrote this song he wrote it because he would see ladies who quilted take pieces of fabric into the sun to see what their true color was.
Jesus, like the sun, reflects on our hearts to show our true colors. It is by reflecting the light of Christ that we can truly affect others.
D&C 88:6-13
The Savior's light is so powerful!
How do we reflect light??
--The Savior descended below all things so that He could better serve us!
--3 Ne. 12:14, 16
We need to share our light with everyone.
--Our light converts others to the Savior--> Your good works bring fruit which makes others glorify God.
--Prayer & scripture study brings our light back.
*Those who have the light of Christ can see others differently.
-- The Holy Ghost helps us use our light.
Seminar in Greece and very noteworthy professor finished a lecture and asked if there were any final questions. Someone stood and asked "What is the meaning of life?" He stood thoughtfully looking at the man who had asked the question for a time and then told a story about how when he was a child he had found a small piece of a mirror from a wrecked motorcycle. He took the shard home, rounded off and smoothed its edges, and turned it into his own little personal mirror. After carrying around this mirror for a few days, he found it to be an incredible cure for boredom. Whenever he found a moment, he pulled out his mirror and began reflecting the light from a room or from outdoors into corners of a room that could otherwise receive no light. This game turned into something more for this man, for he learned a very valuable lesson. I found that I could reflect light into the darkest of places.
This is a metaphor for life. I am not the light nor am I the source of light. Light can only shine in dark places if I choose to reflect it.
How do we reflect light?
--Light is truth.
--Light is charity.
--Lead by example.
--In order to reflect light you must first receive light.
--Prayer, scripture study, temple attendance, gratitude.
"Spiritual light rarely comes to those who merely sit in darkness waiting for someone to flip a switch." Elder Uchtdorf
How should we study the scriptures?
--Open them!!
--Pray to be taught with a sincere heart.
--Study by subject.
--Go one verse at a time.
--Knowledge is power.
--Listen to the Spirit.
--Pray to reflect light.
--Listen to the Spirit all day
Know your duty- Know what you need to be doing.
--Go to the scriptures to find what your duty is in your life and in your calling.
CHALLENGE: Visiting Teaching
Search the scriptures to know your duty in becoming a VALIANT Visiting Teacher.
You have been called to visit these sisters for a reason!
They NEED you! Are you there??
A text on the phone is not reflecting light, it is not enough.
The sisters NEED YOU!
Story of the Brother of Jared and asking the Lord to touch the stones with His finger to create light.
And I know, O Lord, that thou hast all power, and can do whatsoever thou wilt for the benefit of man; therefore touch this HEART, O Lord, with thy finger, and prepare them that they may shine forth in darkness; and they shall shine forth unto us in the vessels which we have prepared, that we may have light while we shall cross the sea.
Ask the Lord to touch our hearts so that we won't travel in darkness and so that we may help others cross the stormy sea's.
Be like a sunflower and always watch the Son.
