This week has passed by so fast! I literally can't believe that I leave the CCM in 7 days! Time really does fly when you’re having fun. Nothing really new to report, just learning Spanish, which is coming bit by bit each day, and learning a lot about myself. I packed everything up today and that was wild! Everything is becoming real! I hope that you all are doing well!
This week we watched a devotional given by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland entitled, "Feed My Sheep" given in the MTC on January 11, 2011. It is amazing! Wow! Elder Holland is a powerful apostle of the Lord. In the end, he talked about Peter leaving his nets and his boat to follow Jesus. But, this is a separate experience than the one I talked about in one of my previous emails. Jesus had died and risen again and the apostles, not knowing what to do, go back to their regular hobby and occupation of fishing. They are out late one night and they see a man on the shore that calls out to them asking about their fishing status. They tell him they have had no luck, but the man tells them to put their nets on the right side and they find that there are more fish that they can reel in.
At this point, they realize that the man on the shore is their resurrected Savior Jesus. Peter jumps out of the boat and swims to shore, so happy that the Savior had returned. On the shore, Jesus has prepared breakfast for them and begins to talk to Peter.
"When they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep." (John 21:15-17)
Jesus, in essence, asked Peter 3 times, "Peter, do you love me more than you love these fish, and these nets, and these battered boats, and these oars?" And by the third time the message sank in deep to Peter's heart. Peter and the other apostles had gone back to what they knew, the familiar. They had taken up their nets and their boats once again to fish, when Jesus lovingly reminds them that they are to feed His sheep by sharing the gospel.
Jesus in turn, asks us, "Do you love me more than your friends, your phone, your time, your to do list, your, etc." (or fill in the blank with the things in your lives) Every day Jesus asks us this same question. And what will be our answer? Jesus Christ has engraven your name on His hands, wrists, and feet. He has shown by His actions that He loves us, what are you willing to show Him?
"As the heavens are higher than the earth, God’s work in your life is bigger than the story you’d like that life to tell. His life is bigger than your plans, goals, or fears. To save your life, you’ll have to lay down your stories and, minute by minute, day by day, give your life back to him.” -D. Todd Christofferson
-Hermana Zimmerman
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