I know this seems completely random that I haven't posted in a year and now pop up with this obscure post but it is for my religion class that I am taking online. One of the options for presenting an idea was to post it on your blog so I am doing that now. With the year I've had I'm sure this is the last thing you would expect me to post on but, here goes!
One of the things that stuck out to me this week in my New Testament reading assignment was the parable of the ten virgins. It really hit home to me how important it is that we have our own testimonies and not rely on someone else's because when it comes down to it, in the end, we will be judged on our own merits and actions and beliefs and no one else's.
I have had a rock solid testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ my whole life. I have never doubted anything about it. I trust everything the prophet says as coming from God himself. However, if I had not married Pat Moore, I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't be reading the Book of Mormon every day or going to the temple every week. I would be obedient and not commit any major sins but I wouldn't be as valiant in these two things if I hadn't known him. I now have a very strong testimony of both of these things and will continue to do them for the rest of my life.
Now that my sweetheart is not by my side to prompt me and help me reread conference talks and go to obscure meetings, and go the extra mile in, well, everything. I might not think to do these things. I now need to fend for myself and really stretch myself into thinking "What Would Pat Do"? I need to fill my own lamp full enough so that I can be with him in the highest degree of glory because I guarantee you that's where he'll be. If I am prepared, I won't fear.
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