Broken Heart and a Contrite Spirit

Aloha, Ohana!!

So week one in the trio has been pretty.... hilarious hahaha. I laugh everyday at us. I think I understand why the work is meant to be done by two's. But we enjoy it and it's keeping me busy and focused, so what more could I ask for? haha. Man. I love serving a mission.  

So I have been thinking a lot lately about my mission -- the impact it's made on me. I still can't explain it in words but I think a lot about how all the challenges and experiences Heavenly Father asks us to go through in our life are like a trainer trying to break his horse. Because of our natural man, we are comfortable feeling "free" and solo and we think we know best. But the purpose of this life -- the only way we can truly feel fulfilled and purely happy -- is to come to know Heavenly Father. He is our Trainer/Master. I feel like before my mission I was some sort of a wild horse. I was happy but I didn't understand my Master. I feel like now, towards the end of my mission, I have had experiences that have broken and humbled me to Him, to His voice, and now I feel even more free. It gives a new meaning to "a broken heart and a contrite spirit." I am SO GRATEFUL for God's love and infinite wisdom. He knows us. We are His children. And when we come to know His voice, we can understand the "why" behind our challenges. He breaks us so we can become stronger. So we can become more like our Master :)

Sister Willardson