Testimony

I just reread the talk in the October Conference entitled the Gift of Eternal Testimony.

He talked about Joseph Smith in the Sacred Grove. He said, I know exactly where I was when my Sacred Grove became a reality, at 6:am in my bathroom on a Wednesday 3 years after my baptism.

That struck a memory with me, and I remembered a similar experience in my bathroom on the day we were baptized.

It happened Saturday May 25 1963. We had taken all the lessons from the Stake Missionaries we were to be baptized that day. I was comfortable with the idea of joining the Church because it was what mom wanted. (All thru our marriage, when I didn’t know what to do, mom would set down with me and we would talk it out, she is my rock)

We lived in an apartment that shared a bathroom with another apartment in an older house, so timing was crucial. I went into the bathroom to shave (among other things). Thinking about baptism i started to shave and suddenly it begin to get dark, I looked at the light and it was still was burning. I began to feel very depressed and alone. I remembered the darkness that Joseph Smith felt and remembered what the missionaries said, that satan would try to discourage me and told me how to handle it. So I raised my right hand and told satan to leave in the name of Jesus Christ our savior. That feeling left me and it got brighter.

That was the beginning of a little seed ot testimony in my heart and I held on to it and have worked to grow it a little bigger each day. I have never had a day of doubt and my testimony has been strengthened by many experiences.

I am a better person today the I was yesterday and I’m not as good today as I will be tomorrow.

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