Last May, during Stake Conference, Sister Thomas from the General Relief Society Presidency talked about the Book of Mormon. At that time I was reading the Doctrine and Covenants. But, I knew it was time to read the Book of Mormon again when I heard her talk. Tomorrow morning I will read the last two chapters. Reading it this time has really hit home to me that all the things that are happening in the world are the things that the writers of the Book of Mormon saw. They did write the book for us. Each time I read it, I love it more. How could I ever express how grateful I am for this wonderful book? It is a powerful thing.
I remember a few years ago attending a conference where Carol Waite told us a story about a woman who had an addiction to shoplifting. During her recovery she learned that if she kept a Book of Mormon in her pocket when she went to a store, she could touch it when she was tempted to steal something and it would give her the strength to resist stealing. Sister Waite challenged us to think that if this book could have such power by just touching it, how much power could it have in our lives if we would read it!!
I hate to finish tomorrow, because reading it this time has been such a sweet experience. But the beautiful thing is.....I can start all over again the next day!!
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Terri, I don't subscribe to your blog (I should, but just haven't yet!), but I do subscribe to the ward R.S. Blog so I can catch updates now and then. This morning in my blog reader, I found this post. I was in kind of a hurry, so I wasn't able to comment on it at the time. After a busy day, I came back to the R.S. blog and was sad that the post was gone! I thought I'd come over here to see if I could find it on your blog. I was so glad to see it and be able to read it again. This is something that I needed very much to read today. I don't know how it ended up on the R.S. blog, but I'm so glad it did because I felt like it was written just for me, and I would have missed it otherwise. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and your testimony.
Karen
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