Forward from Mom Aug 23 2023

 I really loved this analogy.  There are people out there that don’t know they need your rescue.  Just keep loving them.  Eventually some of them will see that they need the gospel in their lives.  

This  email is from the daughter of Emily Belle Freeman who is the new YW general president.   

Love
Mom




The waves did not seem that big in the beginning. Just the typical ocean, it felt like it was almost taunting us to swim in it. We were jumping and splashing and loving every single second of the Costa Rican coast, until all of a sudden we weren’t.

Maybe the riptide was there the entire time, maybe it wasn’t; either way we were stuck in the middle of it. There seemed to be a distinct moment when all of us realized that we were no longer safe, that we couldn’t find safety on our own.

We all looked around with a little bit of panic on our faces, realizing we were in a situation much too big to figure out ourselves. They must have seen us from the shore; they saw us and they came. I don’t know how many rescuers there were, but there were plenty of them for all of us. They reached their hands out. They offered comfort. They helped us get back to shore, to safety.

“An essential part of this missionary effort is for individual members to become beacon-light examples wherever we live. We cannot be in camouflage. Our Christlike example of kindness, righteousness, happiness, and sincere love for all peoples can create not only a guiding beacon light for them but also an understanding that there is a safe harbor in the ordinances of salvation and exaltation of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.”

There are people in need of rescuers—people who are waiting for you. Go to the rescue. Show up. Reach out. Bring them to the safety of Him.