Tanner's Mission Experiences

Hello friends. Well for me, as I am beginning to near the ending months of my mission I have realized a greet need for diligence. Some days the work seems too hard and the load too heavy to bear. The temptation of sleeping in is becoming more and more enticing as each day passes by. I often feel physically exhausted and sometimes unmotivated to do the work. The truth that I have found is on my own I can not meet the demands of this work. On my own I cannot complete this race I have started. The winds are beginning to blow and my mortal body isn't strong enough on its own to continue.  But there is hope. I have found added strength beyond my own in staying focused on the simple doctrines the gospel of Jesus Christ has to offer. When I can't get out of bed, going to my knees in prayer seems to give me a breath  of life for the day. When I feel unmotivated to go out, reading the scriptures and words of the past and modern day prophets gives me the desire to share this won...

Today I want to talk about something very important that I have really studied and come to learn this week. In a world of negativity, gossip, backbiting, degrading words, insults , and comparisons, it is easy for one to lose sight of their divine potential and importance. As the standards of the world become more and more impossible to please, feelings of self worth decrease leading to anxiety and depression. When this happens the whispering of the devil pierces our ears telling us we will NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH. And we believe it. We may forget that we are literally spirit sons and daughters of a Heavenly Father.  In this world today there are enough distractions to make one feel down. There are magazines, posters and commercials showcasing "flawless" models dictating standards of beauty. These models are given the best clothes, makeup, and eventually extensive editing until perfection. The message of all of this ends up to be, If you don't look this way then you a...