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This is a page I made that was inspired by the latest challenge in Scrapfaith about the question- "when did you know?". We were asked to document the moment in our life when we finally knew within our self that our religion or belief was the right one for us.
I don't know if you can see it, but I made the first part of the title in a lighter color and then the last part bolder cause as you can read in my journaling I wasn't sure then but now I know so it's clearer.
Journaling:
As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, we have the opportunity once a month to voice out our “testimonies” during our Sunday services. Testimonies are best described as your personal affirmation that certain Gospel principles the church stands for are true. But growing up in the church, young members tend to “borrow” other's testimonies without the real understanding of them. They just say what the common statements are without any conviction to live by them. I admit, I was one of those “kids” that borrowed my parents' testimonies for a long time. I would go up during testimony Sunday and say what I hear people say with out really understanding what I was affirming to.
And then, I hit my lowest of low. My life was falling apart and nobody there to catch me. I've made some very wrong decisions and for me to go through the toughest challenges in my life I had to go back to what I learned in my primary days. I remembered the promise that if I call unto Him, he will help me. I've never prayed as hard and as sincere as I've done at that time. Reading my scriptures gave me the peace and promise that I needed/wanted. Through that dark time I finally understood when they said that Christ lives, He hears us and if we but follow Him in faith, he will deliver us from our afflictions. After reading and pondering the Book of Mormon, I then knew for myself that it is a true book and that the Prophet Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. I then realized for myself that I belonged to the true church upon the face of the earth.
I now truly know what it meant to say all those words I've so accustomed to saying during testimony Sundays. For me it's not just words anymore but my perfect conviction that what I've been taught all along is true and to be shared with anybody that will listen.
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