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.

What Do I Miss?

We can keep ourselves so busy today - doing nothing much that matters.  Or we can be so busy running here and there that we don't even see what is before our eyes.  I have done both of these.  God gives us the gift of little children to help us slow down.  Have you ever taken a walk with a 3 year old?  They take life in and don't want to miss out on anything along the way.  So you stop and count the ants walking across the sidewalk or try to catch a butterfly.  But as they grow older they, too, get caught in the "busyness" of life.  Run to piano lessons, hurry to YW or YM activities, then off to a soccer game.  All good but what do we miss as we run so quickly?  As I have aged I just want to slow down.


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