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.

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Do you ever have the urge to do something to counter all the bad in the world?  Do you just get so sick of the destruction that takes place, that you have a need to go out and do something positive in hopes that you can off set the balance of good and bad?  I feel like that often.  My heart aches when I hear all the bad news that is reported on the television.  My husband and I like to send a little extra money to the LDS humanitarian fund whenever there is some terrible disaster in the world because we know the church will be immediately there trying to help.  But sometimes I feel the need to do something tangible.  I just have to give back to the world something good for all of the bad that happens. And somewhere inside of me the world seems better balanced for having done that. 



You can donate to LDS Humanitarian aid by going to http://www.lds.org/humanitarianservices/0,19749,6208,00.html

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