Hope this finds everyone I love enjoying the start of the most precious
time of year! I'm SO excited for this season. It'll be a year ago this month that I
started the journey of discovering the truthfulness of the Gospel. This has
always been my favorite time of year, but now there is an added sweetness.
It represents new starts, new understanding, and the greatest gift of all.
Every single day I realize just how little I really know, haha! The South
is not for the faint of heart.. or testimony. If it weren't for the
experiences I'm able to look back on and draw strength from, my small and
simple testimony would have been ripped to shreds by now. Never in my life
have I had to fight harder to hold on to truth than I did this week. There
is so much confusion among all the Christian denominations here.. And a lot
of strong opposition to truth and light. Mom sent me a really cool wooden
postcard last week that read "Let your faith be stronger than your fear." I
now understand what those words mean! I've learned that every question we
may have about the doctrine can be answered through the scriptures, and by
the witness of the Holy Ghost. We just have to stay calm long enough to
search it out for ourselves.
If I'm being honest, which is the only way I know how to be, honestly. I'd
tell you that if it weren't for the blessing of having the fullness of the
Gospel, there's no way I'd be Christian.. Most of the people I talk to here
have no concept of Revelation through the Holy Ghost. They don't believe
you can trust your own feelings. Hello!! Pretty sure we weren't created to
be mindless beings who follow Jesus' example out of fear of ending up in
hell. Fear seems to be the driving force behind those who do practice
Christianity here. It's really weird to me, and doesn't make sense. If fear
were the only thing keeping me on the straight and narrow, I'd of abandoned
the heaven bound ship a long time ago. I'm too stubborn to be driven by
fear. There is so much MORE to know! So much more love to understand. Dad
has always told me that it's much better to be moving towards something
than to be running away from something. In simple terms, that is the
essence of the Gospel.
Ok wow, this might be the most disorganized email I've ever sent. So sorry,
I know you aren't getting any of the back story to these thoughts.
Linda the Librarian is about to kick us out again. She's a real treat.
I love you all so much.
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