Finding Myself in Today

Today was such a wonderful uplifting day--with it being General Conference and the Saviors birthday. It was also 15 years ago today that I joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I owe everything that I am today to that one single decision that I made at the age of 19. It has been the greatest blessing in my life because not only do I have the wonderful knowledge that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world, and that He lives ,but I know He will return again. I am grateful to know that He loves us , as does our Father in Heaven, so much that He atoned for our sins so that we can return to live with Him again one day. I know that we have a prophet on earth today, Thomas S. Monson. It was wonderful to hear all the talks today, and yesterday, at General Conference testifying of this and to be able to sustain him. As each speaker bore witness, the spirit bore witness to me. What a wonderful truth it is to have that knowledge. I know that the Book of Mormon is the Word of God and testifies of the Savior as does the Bible. I know that Joseph Smith saw the Father and His Son in the Sacred Grove and that he, through divine revelation, was able to translate the plates. It is my desire to be a better missionary to all my friends--and give them what was given to me 15 yrs ago. For I want to be the kind of missionary my friends Laurel, Dara and Hollee were to me. I will forever be grateful to them. They have given me the greatest gift a friend can ever give-- the knowledge of the true gospel of Jesus Christ and with that the opportunity to be a Family Forever. I love you all for that, and you will always hold a special place in my heart. Thank you! As I reflected back on my baptism, it was nice to think about how special the White Family was to me. I had all my discussions in their sweet home. Eric White, Laurel's dad, baptized and confirmed the Holy Ghost on me that day. It's so funny to think that Mike gave the talk on the Holy Ghost to me.

My favorite session of conference always seems to be the Sunday afternoon session. Those talks seem to talk straight to my heart, not to say the others don't, but I just feel like it is a greater blessing for having listened to the very end instead of waiting for the Ensign. In that session, I loved how Elder Holland gave the talk on how the prophet today is as important as those of old. Stating that if it wasn't important for the Lord to give continuing revelation, then there would not have been a need for more than one prophet ever. If Moses were enough, then why Isaiah, Ezekiel etc. I'm kind of paraphrasing of course. I love the scripture he quoted of the Lord speaking to Moses and saying: "for my works are without end, and also my words, for they never cease". Here the Lord tells us that He will always have a need to speak to us. I love that! I,too, want to testify that I know we have a living prophet on earth today, Thomas S. Monson. I know that he is a true servant of the Lord and is the only man on earth that holds all of the priesthood keys. I am grateful for this knowledge. I loved how he asked for us to pray for him today. I was truly touched by his humility. Each talk thereafter was as wonderful as the first. I was deeply moved and in pondering the words spoken, I found myself in today.