I love being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I joined back in 1964 after a long struggle with faith. I had loved the Savior ever since I could remember, but the church of my youth deserted me as it moved into the intellect movement of the 60's. Without spiritual guidance, I fell away. The Lord distinguished between the words of my mouth and the longing of my heart. He knew that I wanted to believe and so he sent a young woman who told me the story of the Restored Gospel. She bore her testimony of Jesus Christ and promised me that I could know for myself and have my own testimony.

Now forty-six years later I can only thank her from the bottom of my heart for introducing me to the church. Indeed I do have my own testimony. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet, called to restore Christ's church to the earth. We have a prophet today who leads and guides us. I am so grateful for Latter-day scriptures that bear testimony of Jesus Christ. The Book of Mormon is the Word of God. It stands as another witness of the Savior and it's truths have touched my life in very personal ways.

I hope that my poetry reflects the growth of my testimony and my love for Jesus Christ.

On Pushing Clouds Away

Have you ever felt like there was a gloom over your life?  You know you want to shine and you know it will take a lot of work to push the gloom away.  There are times when we just have to do it.  

I have learned that the gloom represents a lack of the Spirit in my life.  I know what I need to do to get rid of it.  For me, it is my daily spiritual routine of reading scriptures, praying, journaling what is really going on in my life and how my scripture reading this day can help me, and lastly, some moments of pondering and/or meditation.  There is a difference in my life when I do these things and when I don't do them.  How could I not want that peace? How can I get so busy that I neglect them?


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