The Thought Entered My Mind

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  To bad to hear about Jason. I will be praying for him with everything I've got. He is such a gentle giant. I remember him, jared, and me would always have such an awesome time up in Sunvalley. We would stay up some nights for hours talking sports, life, and whatever else. I was always impressed with how much we all changed each time we would see each other again. Literally he is a foot taller every time. But even more than that he became someone I knew would always have my back and I will always count on him for an awesome laugh.

    This week we had many amazing experiences that proved to me the work is still true. One morning I was really struggling to think of what to share with one of our investigators who we have been teaching for some time and seemed to hit sort of a roadblock. I got down to pray and before I started I just asked that Heavanly Father would tell me what to pray for. The thought entered into my mind to pray and ask God if the Book of Mormon is true, which was kind of confusing because I feel that I have gained a witness quite a few times that it is true. But if there's one thing I learned on my mission, it is that the you don't ignore a prompting from the Lord. I asked God if the Book was true and I didn't have some immediate revelation that the book was true but just a feeling to be patient. So we went to church that day and in the last talk, a return missionary began to speak on the importance of the Book of Mormon. He then read Moroni 10:3-5 and I felt the Spirit so strong. I immediately felt that the thing to teach our investigator was obedience. Simply teach her that through obedience to the promptings of the Spirit and the commandments, the Lord will bless us. I had gained a personal testimony that day that through simple obedience, the Lord will give us what we need. As we taught her, we told her that obedience is not a game show, you cannot pick and choose and hope to win a prize. The guidelines the Lord has set for us is black and white, if we do what's right, we receive blessings, if we do what's wrong, we will eventually fall on our face.

     It was such a Spirit filled lesson and you could see the understanding begin to grow and also the guilt of her disobedience begin to weigh heavy until at the end she said, "Elders, to be honest, I don't even know how I'll sleep at night now." I almost laughed when she said that but we then explained that through the Atonement and continued righteous living, she would be forgiven of each of her mistakes. A feeling of peace entered the room and she said I know the both of you are right. We told her that the Spirit of God was confirming to her that what we taught was true. It was a great reminder to me of how important it is to listen to the Spirit and be obedient to our answers we receive.

      I know that through obedience to the commandments of God, each of us, no matter what we've done or who we've been in the past, will one day go back to live with our Father in Heavan. Good luck everyone. God Bless