What a glorious General Conference! Manna from heaven, for sure.
I have other things I need to do, but by way of letting you know I am alive and well, I will leave you the brief testimony I bore last week, nothing extraordinary, but how I felt:
When I was younger my sisters and I used to talk about the fact that we knew God heard and answered prayers—for other people. We weren’t so sure about ours. The past couple of weeks I’ve had occasion to think about the times and the particular ways the Lord has answered my prayers. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in life it’s that our prayers are heard and answered, even mine. And I love Heavenly Father so much for that—for being aware of our very thoughts and feelings, our desires and our needs, and for caring about them, and responding to them in very individual ways. I don’t know how to thank Him for that. I hope that by sharing my love and testimony today my gratitude to Him might be magnified.
I know that Jesus Christ is His Only Begotten Son, the Savior and Redeemer of mankind. I know that He is my Savior as He saves me from hopelessness and despair. I love Him for that, for all He has done and is doing and will do for my personal happiness, and yours.
I have tender feelings about Joseph Smith and the part he played in the restoration of the gospel. I have no doubt at all that this is the Lord’s Kingdom, that this is His work we are involved in. Every day of my life I am grateful to live in a time and place where we can enjoy the fullness of the blessings of the gospel and of the Church.
I have no words to express my gratitude for the Holy Spirit, that bears witness to the truth of these things, that guides and directs us and keeps us on the path that will lead us to our fondest dream, that of returning to that Heavenly Father who loves us so much and so well, of Whom I testify, in the name of Jesus Christ.
"To write the love of God ... would drain the ocean, though the sea was ink, and the earth paper and every stick a pen and every man a scribe. When I try to praise Him in beauty, honor and magnify the name of God, I find I have no language at my command that will do justice to the case, but when I lay aside this weak, frail body I expect to praise Him in beauty and holiness." --Sarah Studevant Leavitt
"...because of the love which he has to my testimony I, the Lord, love him."
Doctrine & Covenants 124:20
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2 comments:
I so very much love how you put things! thankful for you and the testimony I have always known you had!
So, two weeks ago we had a talk regarding unanswered prayers in Sacrament Meeting. Last week we had a talk on unanswered prayers in General Conference. This week, my dearest mother shares her testimony regarding prayer, both answered and unanswered. Are we seeing a trend? I would like to think that you are all just incredibly touched by the Spirit and are coming to understand the lessons you need to learn, but I have a feeling it is more accurate to say you are all touched by the Spirit and I need to start listening up because you are saying it to me. Ok, I get it! Hint taken.
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