TESTIMONY

SAT. OCT.3RD 2009,
AS I LISTENED TO CONFERENCE THIS DAY AND ELDER BEDNAR ASK HOW LONG SINCE I'D BORE MY TESTIMONY TO MY FAMILY THE FEELING CAME STRONG TO DO IT. THEN I THOUGHT HOW WITH SO MANY SPREAD SO FAR AWAY. IT WAS LIKE A LIGHT WENT ON AND THAT I COULD DO IT HERE.

FOR ALL MY FAMILY I WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAVE A FIRM BELIEF IN MY LORD AND THE SAVIOR. I KNOW I'M STILL HERE FOR A REASON. I'M NOT GOOD WITH THE SCRIPTURES BUT AS I TAKE THE SACRAMENT ON SUNDAY AND TRULY CONCENTRATE ON WHAT MY SAVIOR SUFFERED FOR MY SINS ALONE THAT PAIN MUST HAVE BEEN MORE THAN I COULD HAVE BORN. THEN I THINK OF ALL THOSE GONE BEFORE ME AND ALL WHO ARE STILL HERE THAT HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MAY RETURN TO BE WITH HIM AND OUR FAMILY'S IT IS OVER WHELMING TO ME. IT BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES AND BREAKS MY HEART THAT I'M NOT A BETTER PERSON EVERY DAY.

I'M NOT ALONE ALTHOUGH I'M IN MY HOME ALONE I CAN CALL ON MY HEAVENLY FATHER FOR THE SUPPORT I NEED AND KNOW THAT HE IS THERE FOR ME. I KNOW HE LOVES EACH OF US AND HE CAN BE WITH EACH OF YOU DAILY AS HE IS WITH ME.

MAY HEAVENLY FATHER CONTINUE TO BLESS EACH OF US DAILY WITH NOT OUR WANTS BUT WITH OUR NEEDS IS MY TESTIMONY TO YOU IN THE SACRED NAME OF OUR HEAVNLY FATHER, AMEN .