Caleb:
One of the lessons that comes through loud and clear in the New Testament is that the Savior didn't withhold blessings from those who asked. The Savior spent his time on earth ministering to the poor and downtrodden.
As his representative, you can have great confidence in your calling and willingly and confidently use your priesthood to bless the lives of those you come in contact with. That said, my guess is that you don't feel confident (most men don't).... So practice; leave blessings (in the name of the priesthood) upon the homes and families of those you visit - especially the less active and those who are investigating as they are ready. Ask the head of the home if you can leave with a prayer and blessing and then pronounce a blessing in name of Jesus Christ and by the authority and power of the priesthood.
You never know; You absolutely never know when the spirit will touch the loves of those with whom you leave the blessing. The added benefit is that you become comfortable listening to the spirit and exercising your priesthood so that when you are called upon in moments of crisis, you will be prepared to call down the power of heaven. You will be confident and articulate as you feel the spirit and then communicate the will of your Heavenly Father as one who holds his priesthood.
I invite you to consider this approach. I predict that you will be astounded and have some absolutely incredible experiences as a result of exercising your priesthood. Get your companion involved and make it something you both actively do every time you visit a home. Especially where you have a younger companion. I think he will appreciate and be willing to try it. It will work.
I love you,
Dad
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Caleb Gibbons Mission Blog <noreply+feedproxy@google.com> wrote:
Caleb Gibbons Mission Blog
Posted: 16 May 2016 07:49 AM PDT
So this week was pretty straight forward. We had a district meeting
and talked about how we can be consectrated in the work. After that we
worked the rest of the week.
On Thursday we had an incident with one of the members. We gave her a
blessing about two weeks ago when I first got here because she was
complaining about a pressure in her chest. She had been to the
hospital to check it out but the hospital just gave her an antibiotic
because of a misdiagnosis. Anyway she had a massive heart attack on
Thursday and we were asked to go give her a blessing the following
day. She was put into a coma and didn't asked for it but the family
did. We gave her a blessing and said a prayer with the family. It is
such a weird thing when things like that happen to the members out
here. Hope she improves.
So after we had a strange lesson with a less active member, we were
driving home and about half a mile down the road we heard a *thud*.
Then I thought that it could've been my iPad. And when I realized that
it was I felt so stupid. We turned around and looked for it about a
half hour but couldn't find it anywhere. So I said a quick prayer to
myself that I would be able to find it and that it wasn't totally
destroyed. After all we were going about 60 MPH... Well I finally
found it in the middle of the road and to my amazement it was
completely untouched. The glass screen protector was shattered, but
when I peeled it off to see it the screen was damaged, I found that it
hadn't even been scuffed. THAT'S CRAZY! My mind still can't comprehend
what happened! It was a huge blessing that it hadn't even been
touched.
Anyway I hope that all is well at home. During my studies, I was
reading the account of Alma and Zoram. Found in Alma 32:26-28
26 Now, as I said concerning faith--that it was not a perfect
knowledge--even so it is with my words. Ye cannot know of their surety
at first, unto perfection, any more than faith is a perfect knowledge.
27 But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an
experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even
if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you,
even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion
of my words.
28 Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place,
that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true
seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that
ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell
within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will
begin to say within yourselves--It must needs be that this is a good
seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul;
yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to
be delicious to me.
Love you all so much! Talk to you next week!
- Elder Caleb Gibbons
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