Dear Sisters,
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Join the journey! This week:
Read: 2 Nephi 31-33, Enos
Our Heritage, pages 40-45 (PDF attached)
Write: In 2 Nephi 31, Nephi prophesies of the baptism of Jesus Christ. Write about your own baptism. What do you remember about being baptized? Be sure to include details!
Our writing prompt this week was to reflect on a modern day prophecy that is important to us right now. Below is my reflection on Christ's warning about the last days found in Matthew 24:
This week I was in slow traffic on Holman Road, late for a meeting, feeling blue and angry, listening to KD Lang sing "Calling All Angels" with Jane Siberry, and I wished that I could see the angels around us, shining and lifting and speaking in our ears, and I felt alone and dejected, wondering where the angels are. Suddenly I noticed in the car ahead of me the eyes of the driver reflected in her driver's side mirror. My eyes met hers, and for one second, I felt connection and empathy. We smiled at each other and then drove away as the light changed. I thought, "She's in this traffic too. We're both here together." And in an instant I realized that we are all here for one another, in this amazing and frustrating time in history, in this busy and crowded city. We are surrounded by people who we look at but do not see, who we travel with but do not know. I thought of Christ prophesying that in the days before his second coming the love of many shall wax cold, and I think He was seeing our large and busy cities, our isolated cars and houses and jobs and neighborhoods, where we fear one another and are afraid to connect. But all it takes is one small second to look into someone's eyes, even in traffic, to be lifted, to feel love, to remember that each person is miraculous, is loved by God, and should be loved by me too.
Have a beautiful week dear sisters!
With Love,
Marni Campbell, Michelle Quinn, Theresa Roth, and Jenni Currit
Seattle North Stake RS Presidency
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