My Testimony

Hello friends, and welcome to my blog! I'm new at this -- fair warning. I know I've only been out a few short weeks, but my testimony of my loving Father in heaven, and my faith in his son have grown so much.

I know that I have a Heavenly Father that watches over me and is aware of me -- my shortcomings, weaknesses, and faults. He knows what I'm going through, he knows my thoughts, he knows what's hard for me. He also knows my potential and what I can become, and he loves me more than I can comprehend. With his love, there is no point of no return -- he will always love me, even when I do things that disappoint him. His love is constant and unchanging.



I know that because he loves me he sent his son, Jesus Christ, to this earth to suffer and die for me. He paid the penalty for my sins in his Atonement. Through him and his Atonement, I can be cleansed from my sins and return to live with my Father in heaven again. Christ knows my life. He suffered all my pains, afflictions, temptations, and sicknesses. He did all of that only because he loves me, and because he wanted to understand how to help me through hard times.

I know that families are forever, and that is something that I am so grateful for. God didn't have to send us to earth in families, but he did because he loves us. I know that I can live with my family again after this life. I know that God the Father and his son Jesus Christ did appear to a young Joseph Smith. He was called as a prophet of God to restore the fullness of the truth to the earth, and he restored the priesthood power and authority to the earth. Joseph Smith did translate the Book of Mormon by God's power. I know that it is true -- the truest of any book on earth. We have a living prophet today, Thomas S. Monson, that leads our church and receives God's word for us in this day.

I have learned the truth of this for myself, and I know that you can learn the truth of it for yourself, too if you put Moroni's promise to test. Moroni 10:4-5 -- "And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."