Elder Roberts and I have also been trying really hard to be the best zone leaders we can be. We are really working hard on making sure that the zone feels our love and support. It's been really inspiring to work alongside him. He is a spiritual giant and just is overflowing with love. It's quite amazing. I'm learning a ton from him. We were also able to teach a lot this past week which was really fun! It was amazing to me to see how when we work hard for the Lord we always see the blessings of it. It's a principle I always want to remember in my life.
So just to share a little something from my studies recently. I'm not gonna share anything too specific but more of a pattern that I've been seeing lately. It actually is something that goes back to the beginning of my mission. Something that my zone leaders said in a meeting. One of them said, "Satan will have good men do good things to keep them from doing great things". That hit me hard. It made me realize how often I really did fall into the temptation of mediocrity. How often Satan got me to say.. well if i just do the bare minimum I'll be able to get by and even look pretty good... which always kept me from pushing myself and trying to be the best I can be.
Well the Lord has kept teaching me that throughout my whole mission I feel like as I've received various assignments and gone into new areas I've seen that mentality creep in as I get content. I have realized that all the talks and a ton of the scriptures i've been reading have had the same theme. "be your best." That's really what I want to strive for. I think I've been scared most of my life because I felt that if I did my best and somewhat failed... well then I basically just suck! But, I've realized that it truly only matters on God's scale. And my best literally, because of Jesus Christ, can never fail. I might not always get the exact results I wanted but I did get the results that God wanted for me so that I can grow adequately enough to be able to be who God wants me to be.
I've been trying my best to truly apply this principle of "be your best" in every part of my life as to establish good habits. I've done it to my exercise to my diet, to my studies, to my work, even down to the paper work I do. I want to do it to the best of my abilities. And boy is it hard! But it always helps me to rely on the Savior who helps me truly have the strength to do it. I absolutely love it!!!! It's made me feel amazing. And don't get me wrong.. I've actually failed quite a few times at things.. Activities I put all my heart into just go array.. But I know that the Lord is happy with me and I just learned a whole lot of things not to do the next time! It's a liberating feeling when you start to try and find all your value and worth in the Lord :D.
Sorry my letter is a little short today! But know that I love y'all so much and hope that you have just the most amazing week ever. I love this gospel and know that it is true.
Love,
Elder Robertson
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