a little declaration

SO grateful for all that I have and have been blessed with the last little while. I felt prompted to share some of my feelings and testimony on here tonight. I gave a lesson on testimony today in my yw class and like always, the lesson speaks to my heart and motivates me to try and do better and be what I am preaching and teaching.

The last few months have been R O U G H. And thats all I am going to say. I have survived some storms in life I thought I would never have to handle. And while a lot of times I felt alone, starved of love and friends and family, I never felt completely alone. I have conquered and feel stronger and more capable than I have in the past. There is something about being able to know who you are and discovering the enormous amount of personal strength that each of us has but is usually undiscovered for a time.

Tonight I want to bear my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. There has been one constant thing in my life and that is my testimony that the restored church is true. I have never been able to deny it. The feelings and spirit I have experienced are too strong and some miracles I have seen, even just simple ones every day tell me that these things are true. There is so much love and strength in the gospel. I have a testimony of the prophet and apostles and of the words they say. I am grateful for family, and believe that they are some of our best friends and supporters and are here to teach us great lessons. I am thankful for forgiveness, and that I have learned in my life that no matter what we can do or say, someone still loves us and thinks we are precious to Him. I am blessed to be able to know how strong prayer is and that God has answered my prayers directly and indirectly. There have been times I have not known the next step and I have been shown the way. Mostly, I am thankful for all I have been given and that I still have opportunities to learn and grow.

I am thankful for the people, friends and family, in my life who have stepped up to reach out their hand to me and walk with me through some hard stuff, even when I have a short temper or withdraw.  Sorry for not doing the same back. I will always be grateful for those open minded, non judgmental people who have opened their hearts to me. Thanks for loving and serving me.

The Church is true! Hopefully I will get around to more blogging and updates soon. Goodnight.