Tyson's answer to the last post

So I guess I better start off answering the Question that I posed last week. The funny thing is that I forgot about the question until I just sat down today. The great thing about this question is that there is no right or wrong answer and I was grateful to read your insights this week. So why does God let imperfect instruments be a part of his work?
Well first we need to obtain the vision that god has for all of us. Moses 1:39. Okay now that we have that, let's thinks of our own life. Think of kids growing up - what would happen to those kids if they never had to do any form of work especially anything hard to do? How would they grow up? Basically they would grow up to be ungrateful punks. Now imagine how grateful we would be for the gospel if we did not have to carry it to others. Now all of us are not perfect and everyone takes the gospel a little lighter than they should but we would not respect it at all. Another reason: How can an instrument know if it needs to be fixed if it is never played? You could leaved a beautiful Violin left in the closet and an old broken down violin right next to it. If there is no one to play either of them they are of the same worth, which is no worth. Now the funny part about it is that we are all the broken down old violin that most people would never want to touch. But luckily, Our Heavenly Father is the Musician and has a great vision for all of us. When we are picked up by the master's hand to lay a note that is when we are able to feel his incredible love and also the great opportunity to realize what is out of tune. That is why I am so grateful for the atonement like sister west mentioned. There is no way we could be a part of this work without the atonement. There is also no way we could really realize the atonement without this work. Pretty interesting thought isn't it? One last thing to mention is that if all of Our Father's joy comes from his family returning to live with him that should give us a pretty big hint on where our joy should come from as well. Great shall be our joy if we just bring one soul to him. Being a part of this work(missionary or not) is way over any of our heads. But this is one of the most pure and true joys we can experience. I am grateful to be a small instrument in the grand plan, which our Heavenly Father calls our life here on earth. So I guess that is my answer to the question I posed.
Well other than that family I am officially going up to Scranton to be a Zone Leader up there on Sunday. I will let you know the mailing address for up there next P-day. This will probably be the place that I finish my mission. So family I love ya. I hope all is well at home.
Love,
Elder Andrus