Constant Companionship

I LOVE my mission!!!!  I love serving the Lord as one of his missionaries.  It has truly been one of the best experiences of my life.  As missionaries we truly are representatives of Jesus Christ, and with this we are expected to be an example of Christ.  We have many standards that we are expected to live by that help us maintain the dignity of our calling.  All of our rules and standards are contained inside a book, which we call the Missionary Handbook.  These are standards that we are expected to live by as missionaries, but early on in my mission, a wise man once taught me that the missionary handbook is more then a book of rules to be applied as missionaries, but they are also guidelines that we can apply throughout our whole life.  As missionaries, we have a companion that we are supposed to stay with 24/7.  It teaches us in the Missionary Handbook

"Stay Together.  Never be alone.  It is extremely important that you stay with your companion at all times.  Staying together means staying with sight and hearing of each other... Never make exceptions to this standard for activities that seem innocent but take you away from each other... Situations that seem harmless at the beginning can quickly lead to serious problems." (Missionary Handbook, pgs. 30-31).

Obeying this standard has blessed me so much, and I love the opportunity that I have had to have each and everyone of my companions.  Each one has blessed me in numerous ways, and I love each and every one of them.

But the companion that I want to talk about today, is not a companion with a physical body.  Instead he has a spirit, but we still can feel his presence with us at all times.  This companion is the Holy Ghost, or the Holy Spirit of God.  This is the most important companion that we can ever have, because he can literally protect us from evil, if we always are striving to have him with us.  We should never do anything that would seperate us from each other.  These things can be as simple as watching something we shouldn't, or saying something we should not say.  We should never do anything that Christ himself should not do, because when we act unChristlike, then we cannot have God's spirit with us at all times.  These little things that may not seem like big problems, can easily lead to serious problems in the future.  The spirit is truly our most important companion, and when he is with us he truly can protect us from both physical and spiritual danger.  I know this is true, and as I have always worked to have the spirit with me, I have received strength to resist all temptation.  I love each and every one of my companions, but my favorite companion of all is truly the Spirit of the Almighty God.  I love the spirit of God!  HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!



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... And of the Spirit