Recently I had the opportunity of finishing the
Book of Mormon, which for those of you who don't know is another Testament of
Jesus Christ. It is a Book that will bring us closer to our Savior. It goes
hand in hand with the Bible. They complete each other. It helps to answer those
questions that are left unanswered in the Bible and also helps to support the
Bible. The Book of Mormon provides an account of when Christ came to the
Americas.
I love the Book Of Mormon. I love what it teaches
us, and I love coming to truly know my Savior through reading it. Although it
was written years and years ago, it is for our generation. When I read it, I
will have questions answered that I did not even know I had. I find
comfort and strength reading it especially from some of the most amazing
examples of missionaries talked about in the Book Of Mormon.
In Helaman we read about Nephi. After being
discouraged because of the wickedness that was going on and nobody accepting
his message, he was ready to call it a day and return home. Often times as a
missionary I feel like that. But it was at this moment that the Lord reached
out to Nephi and said, "blessed art thou Nephi for those things which thou
hast done; for I have beheld how thou hast with unwearingness declared the
word." I hope that one day the Lord can say to me, "blessed art thou
Lauren for the things which thou hast done." At the end of the Book of Helaman
we read about Samuel the Lamanite who is a tremendous example of faith and
courage. The people would not accept his teachings so what does he do? He gets
up on the wall and speaks to them. Arrows and stones are cast at him but he
never once stops declaring his message. That is the type of missionary I want
to be.
And then the crowning event of the whole Book Of
Mormon comes in third Nephi when Christ comes to the Americas, and blessed and
prays for the children. One of my favorite verses that helped me to know how
mindful Christ was of me is 3 Nephi 17:21-22 and it reads, "And when He
had said these words, he wept and the multitude bare record of it, and He took
their little children one by one and blessed then and prayed unto the father
for them." Christ weeps over us. He prays for us. He knows what we are
going through because He too has walked that road.
As said in the introduction to the Book Of
Mormon, "We invite all men everywhere to read the Book Of Mormon. To
ponder in their hearts the message it contains." I invite you to read it
and find out for yourself by praying if this book is true.
I know the Book Of Mormon is true. I have prayed
about it and have received an overwhelming feeling of how true it
is. I am eternally grateful for the guidance it gives me in my life. It
provides me with everlasting happiness, strength, courage, and most importantly
I have come to better know my Savior, Jesus Christ. It is the best book in
the whole wide world! How grateful we are to have it in our lives.
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