Diligence and Sugar Cane

This week has been pretty eventful! I got the one year cards from everyone, which was super awesome! I also am really learning a lot. I was studying the Book of Mormon very intently this week, and it was awesome! I was reading 1 Nephi 13:37, and it felt like it was talking to me! I really felt like God wanted me to know in that moment that these things were true, and that as I seek to bring forth Zion, and endure to the end, I will be lifted up. It felt amazing! I was so happy! I also learned about how we receive answers to prayers. Nephi answers it so clearly, I was shocked I had not read it before:

1 Nephi 15:11
Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said?—If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you.

It really struck me that "diligence in keeping [the] commandments" is part of that. If we want an answer from God, we have to show our faith by testing him, keeping the commandments, and only then will we receive it. It's something that makes sense, but stated so clearly in the Book of Mormon! I love finding pearls of truth that really teach us how to live our lives depending on God. It's amazing!

On another note, I have sugar cane! It is really interesting to eat. You basically chew it until all the juice comes out, and then throw away the fibrous mass that's left. It's really good!!!

Love you so much!