Conversion

I was thinking while I was working and I was thinking about how I don’t want to be a hypocrite. I want to do all the things I taught to my investigators on my mission. I taught them the truth and promised them blessings for following the commandments. Those blessings apply to me too and I should be keeping those commandments as well. If I didn’t change through out my mission, my mission failed. It doesn’t matter how many people I baptized because if I am the same as before I left on my mission, I faked it throughout my mission and I’ve been telling lies. The gospel of Jesus Christ is about change; change to be more like Christ. Then I thought about something interesting. I thought about a scripture in Luke 22. It was Christ talking to Peter and He said, “When thou art converted, strengthen thy brothren.” Then a phrase from Preach My Gospel came to my mind: “You cannot convert people beyond your own.” I pondered about these two phrases and what they meant to me. What Christ told Peter felt like that’s what He wants me to do. For me to serve others, I have to be converted and be more Christlike. Unless I can do that, I don’t think I will be a good instrument in God’s hands. I think this applies to teaching children; if I am not worthy or don’t live the way I should, I can’t teach them the way they should live. What am I doing to be converted?