Find your Sycamore Tree 9-24-18

Hello my beautiful family and freinds! How are you all? This last week has been a crazy week! Some crazy things happened. We lost contact with pretty much everyone we were teaching. So that was pretty hard. Ricky disappeared. We can't get a hold of him in any way so we have been praying a lot that we will find him at the park some time again. It's been three weeks since we have talked to him so we'll see what happens. This last week we all got sick in some way or another and had to spend a lot of time in. So that was pretty hard. But this week looks like we have plenty of hours to go finding! Which is going to be super great! Hopefully we can build our teaching pool. So we had stake conference this Sunday and an area 70 came to speak. He shared the story of Zacchaeus. In chapter 19. So pretty much what happens is Jesus is traveling through Jerico. And all the people are gathering to see the savior of the world. Well this man name Zacchaeus really wants to see him. Zacchaeus  is a chief among the publicans and very wealthy. But he was "small in stature" haha like me! He was to short to see over the crowds of people gathered to see Jesus. So he ran further down this road mapping out where the savior might go next and he climbed up a sycomore tree. Vs 4 "And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him for he ( Jesus) was to pass that way." And when Jesus walked passed he looked up and saw this man watching him from the tree! Haha I can really relate to this guy because I would need a tree too!
So Jesus called to him and told him pretty much to come down and "for today I must abide at thy house" Jesus says to him.
So zacchaeus got down and "received him joyfully".
What a great example this story sets up for us. Do we have our personal sycamore tree to climb so we can look passed the things of this world that crowed around the truth and make it hard to see and know our savior? How are we rising above all of that so we can take him in and receive him joyfully in our homes and in our hearts. What a beautiful opportunity we have to come to know our savior every day and let him be a part of our lives!
I know this gospel is true. It's the only way to salvation and true and everlasting happiness. 
I love you all! Have a great week!