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VIEW TESTIMONY
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POSTED BY:
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TamG
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DATE:
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16.05.2008 |
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This is my sincere testimony. |
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LOCATION:
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Arizona, United States
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This is my sincere testimony, in my own words (if I had like 3 hours to contemplate the most perfect wording of it all to get my point across the way I mean it), the way I would say it in church, or to any person on the street, at a party, a friends house etc., if someone were to ask me. So here it is. :-) ... I whole-heartedly believe that I (we all) have a Heavenly Father who sent his son to take upon him all of our sins. I believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God & that he did shed blood for us, so that we could be given the gift of repentance & because he adores us. I whole-heartedly believe that Jesus Christ is my brother & that I am one of Heavenly Father's beloved daughters & that he knows exactly who I am, created me perfect and loves me very very much... When I do or say something good, he's proud of me. When I do or say something stupid, he's disappointed in me (maybe angry). But I also know that he loves me no matter what. I believe that he does hear my prayers & helps me always when I humbly pray to him with a pure heart, asking for help with ANYthing... I whole-heartedly believe in repentance & that I/everyone is completely forgiven of all their wrong-doings thru this, as long as they genuinely & completely forsake them... I whole-heartedly believe in the Ten Commandments, Law of Chastity, Word of Wisdom & Articles of Faith. And that when I am abiding by these teachings, it enables me to be physically,emotionally & mentally healthy & an undeniably joyful daughter of God! :-D ... I whole-heartedly believe in the Bible (New & Old Testaments), and the Book of Mormon (D & C, Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith Translation etc.), & that they ALL are inspired by God. And are compilations of people's honest accounts of Heavenly Father & Jesus Christ. I also believe that we can truly get answers to prayers, life lessons, comfort, closure etc. from them if we have translated the words in them correctly (which I believe can only be done thru prayer & by listening to and being able to recognize that, peaceful, calm, without-a-doubt-"I-KNOW-THIS-IS!"-or isn't, feeling. :-) ... And finally, I whole-heartedly believe that my being born completely paralyzed from my waist down with Spina Bifida & the many physical conditions that go along with it, (Hydracephalus, Scoliosis, Myelomeningocele, Pressure Ulcers, etc) has been a blessing to me & others, for so many reasons. I have been told several times that my being the way I am has caused people to be grateful for their abilities & has helped them to remember not to take them for granted. I'm sure if I weren't born with these things I'd take my abilities for granted too. I've also been told by a friend that I had taught her patience (whether this was related to my "disability" or something else, I'm not quite sure.) :-) ... Who Knows,Maybe I would never have met the people I love, maybe the people who love me would have never met me. Maybe I've helped someone feel loved or maybe I've given someone hope, strength, confidence... Or maybe I've saved a life... I don't know. My being in a wheelchair, (And the fact that most of my life I've surrounded myself w/ friends who have the same high standards as I do) I believe, has also kept people from approaching me saying, "Hey, try this.", "Smoke this.", "Do this.", "Do that.". However, I'm still human & have fallen. But I've gotten myself back up & I'm still up, for the most part... But who knows, maybe I'd be an alcoholic. Maybe I'd be a junkie, a skank... or dead. (I also accredit all of this to my faith/religion)... And finally, I whole-heartedly believe in having faith, the necessity of it & that it can literally move mountains, if Heavenly Father wills it... So there ya go, this is my testimony. And I say all of these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. :-)
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