| I had always had it. [message #163] |
Sun, 06 February 2011 19:43  |
Primary Teacher
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Registered: June 2010
Location: USA
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When I was 14 I decided to find out if the Book of Mormon was true. I read it and prayed for an answer. Nothing. I kept praying for 2 years. Nothing. Finally one night the Lord said, "You have always known it was true." I realized this was true. I had always had a testimony of the Book of Mormon, I just had not realized it.
A few years back, my husband and I were introduced to the idea that we could know if our calling and elections were made sure by some friends. They had received a witness that each of their's was and they testified of it with the spirit witnessing the truth of it to us. It was a powerful experience. I had always thought that eventually I would have my calling and election made sure, but I thought that would come when I was OLD.
I started praying, asking if my calling and election was made sure. Nothing. One day my husband and I were sitting in stake conference and a scripture was read, "you shall not fall." Both of us felt the scripture come with force into our minds. My husband said that he came to know this was the Lord telling him that his calling and election was made sure. This was not necessarily the moment it happened, but the moment he was made aware of it.
I kept praying and asking. Nothing. After several months the Lord said, "You have always had it." I felt this really strongly. I knew that I had my calling and election made sure. This was not the moment it was made sure, but the moment I knew it.
Wow. I was in no way perfect, but I had a stamp of approval. I came to see it as the point that the Lord knew that I would get there. I would be exalted.
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| Re: I had always had it. [message #170 is a reply to message #163] |
Mon, 07 February 2011 15:50  |
Seeker
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Registered: June 2010
Location: Las Vegas
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Thank you for sharing. I have know people who have had simple spiritual confirmations and written in their journals about the experience only to read them years later and realize that they had received their promise. The difficultly is that having it and knowing you have it are very different things.
When people look beyond the mark toward the loud and outwardly obvious mile markers, they often miss the quiet divine eloquence of the still small voice. I have a friend who was told by the sealer at his wedding that, "You have just been sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise". I was shocked that the sealer spoke so plainly and prophetically and the spirit was sooo strong but it was over my friends head. He didn't understand it and continued on without reflection. (I can't blame him, he just got sealed.
I have also seen where people are looking for a meeting with the prophet in a small room in the Salt Lake Temple. Even if they did receive the promise from the spirit, they would reject it because they reason that the spirit is not authorized to make such promises. And only the prophet can do it.
My personal belief is that what the spirit says, God says. And what God says is the final say.
~ Seeker
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| Re: I had always had it. [message #1218 is a reply to message #170] |
Tue, 09 October 2012 18:26 |
amh
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Registered: October 2012
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Primary Teacher- you said
'This was not the moment it was made sure, but the moment I knew it. '
Do you know when you received it? If so when?
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