Why I'm a Mormon 
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
That book taught me that Jesus is the Christ, He is a personal Savior, who in every sense of the phrase, is the "true and living" God. "True and living" means "here and now". It means He is actively seeking us in our troubles right this very now. We can have as much conscious contact with Him as we strive for and allow.
I know the Savior loves me, loves all of me. My strengths, my weaknesses, my struggles, my yearnings, my strivings. These are things I have come to know through my membership in the Mormon Church. I am Mormon because it is a huge blessing to be one. My membership in the church brings peace, confidence and brightness of hope. Rare commodities in today's world!
I have heard a lot of people put down and contort the LDS faith. Mostly through false information, through quotes taken out of context and with the blinding emotions of hate and anger. Satan fights our church very hard. I would invite anyone who has been duped by such tactics to take a simpler, more peaceful path. Read the Book of Mormon and decide for yourself what it really is. I would plead with you to not absorb your opinion from someone else who has an agenda.
There is peace, there is hope and there is direction. Finding it and grabbing a hold of it has been the best journey of my life.
Why are you Mormon?
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guest post by Shawnie of Classic Moms Corner
I'm really glad that you wrote how you feel. I have been struggling a lot lately with why I am Mormon. I also grew up with parents who were on two opposite ends of the spectrum when it came to religion. It probably planted a lot of confusion in my mind. I mean, I was baptized when I was 8, I grew up mostly Mormon, I've read the Book of Mormon and all the scriptures many many times, I lettered in Semenary and I have gone to the Temple and still I have so much confusion as to if this religion is right for me. I think most of my life I was going to church and such for other poeple and never got to be fully converted on my own accord. I struggle with hypocracies within the church and other beliefs that I have. I don't really know where to turn right now, but I am still trying. I wish someone could just give me a magic recipe as to how I can find my truth.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for sharing your testimony. It gives me hope.
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