The Call. - April 20, 2015

So, I'm getting transferred. I got the call on Saturday night, Giving me a day or two to get all of my things packed up and ready to go. Tomorrow morning I'll show up with all of my belongings to a meeting in Manchester (a.k.a Manchghanistan) where they will tell me where I'm going. Immediately following transfer meeting I will be leaving with my new companion and head to my new area. I'm really excited!

The news about me leaving has given me some time to have some real introspection on how my mission has gone so far. The conclusion I came up with is that I've done more growing in the past 5 months or so than I have done in the 18 years that passed before then.

I'm growing so much because of one simple thing.

Grace

In a BYU devotional called His Grace is Sufficient by Brad Wilcox (which you can find by clicking here) he says: 

   "Grace is not a booster engine that kicks in once our fuel supply is exhausted. Rather, it is our constant energy source. It is not the light at the end of the tunnel but the light that moves us through the tunnel. Grace is not achieved somewhere down the road. It is received right here and right now."

Grace isn't something that is there for us after we've done all that we can. It is always there for us, the debt has already been paid. So this brings up the question, "why should we live the commandments then, if we're already saved?"

The reason we have commandments is to prepare ourselves to live with God. We need to let grace change us to be the best we can be and be happier than we have ever been. Whatever the challenge may be, it can be overcome with the help of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. His grace is sufficient.

I'm finally figuring out how to let that grace make a difference in my life and it feels great! I know that what Christ did, he did because he loves each and every one of us. I also know that if you let that love he has change you, you'll become happier and more full of love for others than you have ever been. I love you all and hope you have an awesome week!

-Elder McKenzie

Luke 1:37