Well the other day a member asked me "how much does a cup of water weigh?" I told him not that much. "so if you held a cup of water for a few minutes your arms wouldn’t get tired?", no I responded. "but how about if you held a cup of water for an hour?", I said "well yeah then I would feel it, and my arms would hurt a little", and then he said " and it you held it for a day?" "it would hurt a lot".... then came the deep thought of the day " exactly, when we get frustrated or upset or angry it really isn’t a big deal it weighed no more than a glass of water we could just get over it real fast and then it wont hurt but when we hold on to those feelings for hours or days that is when it starts affecting us and that is when it starts to hurt and we do the damage to ourselves." I just thought that was a lot of wisdom coming from a 20 year old kid. But I have been thinking about that a lot lately about how we can chose how we react, we can make our own decisions and when we chose to hold grudges or be upset we hurt ourselves. No one is sad ALWAYS, or angry ALWAYS, or disobedient ALWAYS. THAT IS NOT JUST THE WAY WE ARE. ALOT of people say "that’s just the way I am" and it isn’t true. Everyone can change. EVERYONE. But we have to make the decision. Everyone has agency, sometimes i wish that they didn’t... but agency is good and it is part of Gods plan. I am so grateful for the opportunity everyday to meet different people and teach them just a little bit. I am super happy here in Honduras. I am so grateful for the tender mercies of the Lord that i am able to see everyday!!!
Hermana Oram
Hermana Oram