The Reason I believed the LDS church was True..
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:47 pm
Miracles leave clues..
I am noticing that certain things are seldom brought up here (and other boards) in the first person.
I didn't believe in Mormonism just because my grandfather, mother, bishop, prophet told me so (I guess
it worked till I was a teenager). I didn't even fully accept it when they related their "reason for being
Mormon" accounts - some very spectacular, I might add.
What secured my Mormon beliefs upon the bedrock of truth were the culmination of the many personal
spiritual based experiences I had witnessed during my life.
What I am talking about are those moments some may consider too sacred to relate (the pearls before swine
thing). Let me relate a few anyway:
* While participating in a healing blessing I saw the damage inflicted on my friend in my mind. I knew what
would be healed and what would not - my partner in the blessing commanded by the power of the melchizedek
priesthood (and in the name of Jesus Christ) that our friend would immediately begin to heal - we walked
out together from the ER an hour later, with only the damage that I had seen that was not to immediately heal.
* While on the mission I received a distinct impression to bypass a home while tracting. I resisted the impression
out of sheer boredom. Shortly after being welcomed in by a somewhat inebriated homeowner, we found
ourselves held hostage at the point of a ‘38 for over an hour (for what seemed like an eternity) by this very
sick and troubled man.
* The feeling of peace (that I did not request) that someone unseen was cognizant of our sacrifice when my son
disappeared past the airport security on his way to a two year Mormon mission.
* Countless father's blessings where I felt connected to someone/something that knew more about my children
than I did - relating counsel beyond my capacity to organize and relate.
* A distinct impression to slow down - just minutes before a catastrophic accident occurred on the freeway just
several hundred yards ahead.
* Being immediately healed myself (more than once) - from physical damage and more importantly, spiritual damage (forgiveness -
the lifting of the burden of guilt).
Haven't any of you had these experiences? If you haven't had experiences like these, you haven't lived. The
experiences I witnessed for myself happened. I was there. Argue with me, I don't care. Throw me whatever
you want. You can't move me. Give it up.
The meaning of these experiences
Now, what did they teach me? What I thought they taught me was that there was a God (a heavenly Father)
that loved me and was looking out for myself and friends if I would just acknowledge Him. The love and concern
I felt was humbling to me and I began to develop a sense of deep gratitude for Him and greater love for others -
like He had for me and my friends.
Each of these spiritual experiences (and many others) were clues - Puzzle pieces. I also concluded that they told
me my church (the Mormon church) was true. It gave credibility to the Faith-Promoting Rumor's (faith promoting rumors) others
related that I did not witness myself.
Now, let me digress.
The actual picture on the box
Have you ever gotten about half way through a puzzle to discover that what you are assembling does not look
like the picture on the box? (This is a really funny prank to play on your friends if you're just joking around)
I can’t deny the existence of someone/something loving (or at least showing me favoritism) that connected me
between the world we live in and the one that is unseen.
But I am lost at present. The clues/puzzle pieces I have fit into place all these years don't match the picture
that many of us are now aware of on the box (the deeply deceitful and dark side of the founders of the Mormon
church).
So if you have had parallels to what I have related where are you now? What constitutes your reconciliation?
Fasting has been ineffective thus far. I’ve been getting a busy signal or “not in service” from prayer.
What are your thoughts?
I am noticing that certain things are seldom brought up here (and other boards) in the first person.
I didn't believe in Mormonism just because my grandfather, mother, bishop, prophet told me so (I guess
it worked till I was a teenager). I didn't even fully accept it when they related their "reason for being
Mormon" accounts - some very spectacular, I might add.
What secured my Mormon beliefs upon the bedrock of truth were the culmination of the many personal
spiritual based experiences I had witnessed during my life.
What I am talking about are those moments some may consider too sacred to relate (the pearls before swine
thing). Let me relate a few anyway:
* While participating in a healing blessing I saw the damage inflicted on my friend in my mind. I knew what
would be healed and what would not - my partner in the blessing commanded by the power of the melchizedek
priesthood (and in the name of Jesus Christ) that our friend would immediately begin to heal - we walked
out together from the ER an hour later, with only the damage that I had seen that was not to immediately heal.
* While on the mission I received a distinct impression to bypass a home while tracting. I resisted the impression
out of sheer boredom. Shortly after being welcomed in by a somewhat inebriated homeowner, we found
ourselves held hostage at the point of a ‘38 for over an hour (for what seemed like an eternity) by this very
sick and troubled man.
* The feeling of peace (that I did not request) that someone unseen was cognizant of our sacrifice when my son
disappeared past the airport security on his way to a two year Mormon mission.
* Countless father's blessings where I felt connected to someone/something that knew more about my children
than I did - relating counsel beyond my capacity to organize and relate.
* A distinct impression to slow down - just minutes before a catastrophic accident occurred on the freeway just
several hundred yards ahead.
* Being immediately healed myself (more than once) - from physical damage and more importantly, spiritual damage (forgiveness -
the lifting of the burden of guilt).
Haven't any of you had these experiences? If you haven't had experiences like these, you haven't lived. The
experiences I witnessed for myself happened. I was there. Argue with me, I don't care. Throw me whatever
you want. You can't move me. Give it up.
The meaning of these experiences
Now, what did they teach me? What I thought they taught me was that there was a God (a heavenly Father)
that loved me and was looking out for myself and friends if I would just acknowledge Him. The love and concern
I felt was humbling to me and I began to develop a sense of deep gratitude for Him and greater love for others -
like He had for me and my friends.
Each of these spiritual experiences (and many others) were clues - Puzzle pieces. I also concluded that they told
me my church (the Mormon church) was true. It gave credibility to the Faith-Promoting Rumor's (faith promoting rumors) others
related that I did not witness myself.
Now, let me digress.
The actual picture on the box
Have you ever gotten about half way through a puzzle to discover that what you are assembling does not look
like the picture on the box? (This is a really funny prank to play on your friends if you're just joking around)
I can’t deny the existence of someone/something loving (or at least showing me favoritism) that connected me
between the world we live in and the one that is unseen.
But I am lost at present. The clues/puzzle pieces I have fit into place all these years don't match the picture
that many of us are now aware of on the box (the deeply deceitful and dark side of the founders of the Mormon
church).
So if you have had parallels to what I have related where are you now? What constitutes your reconciliation?
Fasting has been ineffective thus far. I’ve been getting a busy signal or “not in service” from prayer.
What are your thoughts?