I am here with my wonderful
granddaughter, Jacey.
Jacey and I were raking leaves one day,
and she told me an amazing experience that she had had concerning
trusting in the Lord and how that played a pivotal role in her life.
So would you be willing to share that
with us?
I would.
So recently I heard some things at
school, especially from some of my friends that had some doubts about the
church.
I was kind of curious and started to
research some things like online, and I've learned that there's a
lot of information out there, good and bad.
And I started to question my faith in
Jesus Christ and in the church. But then I remembered a seminary lesson
that we had had a couple of weeks back, and it was about Joseph Smith in
Liberty Jail.
And we talked about how he had been
through this really hard time, this kind of depressing time. And something that he did was he started
to pray instead of turning away.
And he prayed to the Lord, and he said,
"Where art thou?" And that's kind of how I felt right then. And so I prayed to Heavenly Father, and
I got this feeling from
the Holy Ghost that the
Church was true and that I needed to find better sources.
And so I went to some smart people I
knew, such as grandparents and
the bishop.
And something the bishop said that
really meant a lot to me is, he said, "Doubt your doubts before you
doubt your faith." What would you tell
the youth that are watching right now?
What advice would you have for them
about trusting in the Lord?
You can't just go off what your parents
say or what your church leaders say. You have to really pray for yourself and
to read the scriptures, because there's so much good information
and good things that-
and the Holy Ghost-that can testify to
you that the Church is true and that
you can have a testimony even if you
don't know everything.
So what you're saying is that if you
want to know something, you're going to have to do something.
Exactly. Is that right?
Yes.
Well, thank you for sharing that
experience, because I think so many people can relate to your experience.
So, anyway, I love you.
Love you, too.