Archive for August, 2010
Growing older-where does the time go?
Posted On August 14, 2010I’ve been at a LDS church Girls camp all week-I was a Youth Camp Leader (YCL). At camp we start at age 12-1st year, 13-2nd year, 14-3rd year, 15-4th year and when your 16 and 17 (summer of sophomore and junior summers) your YCL’s. Being a YCL was amazing. I am Mormon, and this was a Mormon camp so this post will be religious.
Every day we studied the scriptures together, and learned about Christ (along with other campy things like swimming, archery, hiking ect.). On the last day of camp we each wrote 3 things that about our testimony and our beliefs and tied them to a balloon, and then we let it go. I hope someday, someone will find my testimony and be strengthen by it. The last day of camp we have an amazing testimony meeting and then the YCL’s go down to the beach and have a bonfire.
As I sat there, hearing my peers, and those girls younger then me bear there testimonies I was overcome by the most amazing feelings. I wept with Joy at the knowledge these girls had, and there amazing belief in Jesus Christ. There were girls who were 12 saying “ I know Jesus Christ is my savior. I am a child of God.” What an amazing testimony- so simple and so powerful. Girls bore there testimonies about the struggles we have in today’s society and it was incredible. I didn’t bear my testimony- I’m kind of shy, and I never bear my testimony in meetings. Only person to person, or by doing.
However I do wish to share it here, for your sake and mine. I know Jesus Christ is my personal savior and that he died for me. That he loves me and each and every one of us. I know I’m a daughter of my Heavenly Father with special talents that he has bestowed upon me so I can complete a special mission that he has assigned me- I don’t know what this mission is yet- but I’m slowly learning. I know that God is my eternal father and that through keeping the commandments I can return to live with him again.
I have a testimony of the amazing principal of prayer and revelation. I know that when we pray Heavenly Father answers our prayers. Maybe not in the way we thought he should, but he does. I’ve experienced it. I know that my goal in this life is to complete what i need to so I can return to my Father in Heaven, and I know that I can do this by being obedient to the commandments of God, I know the Prophet Thomas S. Monson, is a living prophet who can revel the commandments and blessings of God if God directs him too. I know that My heavenly Father loves me and I’m trying hard to please him. I want to return to live with him again. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.