Caring Only What God Thinks Unlocks Divine Potential

Hi!


I just thought of the pun in the title this week and I think it's hilarious haha. I didn't know how else to wrap it in ha.


We had a despedida (send off thing) for Presidente and Hermana Acosta on Wednesday and it was so bittersweet. I love them so so much. President spoke with so much power and I just admire him so so much. I know I was for sure called here for them too!! I aspire to be like him!


Our new mission president got here on Friday! His name is President Chaverri from Costa Rica and we get to meet him tomorrow at MLC and the rest of the week at zone conferences. I'm so excited!! 


We had some friends come to church and loved it! Our little friend that's 8 was asking me when she could get baptized and it was so tender. We're working with her and her mom so they can make that covenant together!


They told us last week that we're gonna take over another zone of Hermanas as STLs and I am so excited to work with them! There's a lot more work to be done! Our weeks are about to be absolutely crazy haha.


I'm currently working my way through D&C so I can finish it before I go home! The other day I was reading in D&C 39-40 and it made me reflect a lot. It's about this man named James Covel who had promised the Lord that he would obey and command He gave him through the prophet. He was set on his decision to follow God's will and not his own. But then in section 40, for fear of persecution and because of the cares of the world, he rejected the revelation he received. Just like that. He had such divine potential, the Lord had called him to serve a mission, but he didn't, he let pride take over. I listened to a podcast last year about this section, they called him a "great what if." What if he had gotten baptized? What if he had served a mission? How many lives would he have touched?


I'm gonna be honest sometimes I care too much about what others think. It's something I'm constantly working on and something I've learned a lot more and developed here on the mission— that the only thing that matters is what God thinks! There's been times in my life where maybe I've postponed promptings or something due to pride or caring what others think, lame! But it really doesn't matter what others think, only what God thinks. That's it! Our Heavenly Father has such big plans for us! He had such a great plan for James! And it's so possible for us to reach our divine potential, we just can't let pride get in the way. God loves each and every one of us, He wants the best for us. He knows us and wants us to do good. So that's what I'm gonna keep working on, acting on every prompting and only caring what God thinks! I see miracles when I do! There's so much divine potential for each of us, I hope to never let it go to waste!


Love you guys!
-Hermana Sevilla


-cows
-yendra y yesenia
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