hasten the work.

This weekend was Stake Conference, and it was ALL about missionary work. All of it. With the missionary age change last October, the number of full-time missionaries has grown like crazy, which is so amazing to see. But the focus of our Stake Conference was on being better missionaries in your everyday life.

Hastening the work.

Day by day.

Through the small and simple things.

Being an instrument in God's hands so others can feel His love through our love.

In one of the talks, the song "Great Things and Small Things" from the From Cumorah's Hill program was quoted:

To move a mountain,
To make the sea become dry land.
To cross an ocean,
To build a ship upon the sand.

Such things I could do
If the Lord should command,
But the Lord has commanded me

To love a neighbor,
And to forgive when I am wronged.
To keep a promise,
To have my word become my bond.

How simple and small
Are the things He has asked,
Are the things He has asked of me.

Great things and small things,
I can do all things,
All that the Lord may require.
Though the world may assail me,
God will not fail me.
He will remain by my side.
Whether He asks for the great
Or the small.
I can do them all!

He gave us weakness
And yet He calls us to obey.
And so He teaches
That we must call on Him for strength.

And such is the love
That the Father extends;
What we pray for in faith, He sends.

If you've never heard From Cumorah's Hill, look it up. The music is fantastic. 

I love the lyrics of this song. They're so true!! Isn't it incredible that the Lord really does make great things come to pass through our small acts of faith? I know Heavenly Father is aware of every aspect of our lives and our individual needs and desires. He will give us the opportunities to serve and guide us through them if we go forward with faith.

"Let's show Heavenly Father that He put His trust in the right people."

Amen to that. We can all be better; I know I sure can be.