Monday, January 28, 2013

I'm grateful

Yesterday in Relief Society we had a lesson on testimonies and conversion.
As our teacher shared the story of how she became a convert and gained a testimony, she also shared that her greatest desire is that her children will grow up to have a strong testimony and always work on their conversion.  I too want my children to have strong testimonies and I want them to always be working on their conversion.
The tears flowed for me freely as I pondered my own conversion and testimony.
I LOVE the Gospel, it is the most precious possession I have, with it all things are possible.
I want my children to know and feel the same way.  I know they will have their agency and I know they are free to choose their own life path, but I am determined to teach them all I know so that they to can have all that I have because of the gospel.
We went for a family stroll later on in the evening and I asked Alivia what her favorite thing in the world was.  I couldn't help but smile because she careful thought about what answer I wanted to hear and said, "My mom".  I smiled and thanked her and then I shared with her that today I was reminded that the greatest thing I have is the gospel in my life, it is the ultimate blessing and I feel so blessed to know what I know. 
Later that evening as we were having family dinner, I asked the rest of my little family what their most prized possessions were.  Dylan thought for a while and surprised us all with his answer (we thought it would be something like Lego's or Pokemon), but he stated the Book of Mormon was his most prized possession, because it teaches him what he needs to know. 
Dylan then asked me what my most prized possession was.  So I again shared that the Gospel and my testimony were the greatest possessions I had.  I know Alivia and Dylan were slightly offended that I didn't say they were my most prized possession.  So I tried to articulate that I have an eternal love for them becasue the gospel has taught me about eternal families, but I also reminded them that they aren't really mine and that they are Heavenly Fathers.
I know I have a lot of work to do, but yesterday I was reminded of how much I love the Gospel and that even though I'm standing on firm ground today, I don't know what tomorrow will bring and that I really need to keep working on getting to know God and my Savior.  I need to keep my heart full of prayer, my mind full of scriptures and that I need to serve others more willingly to keep on the right path.  I never want to lose what I have.  Never.

1 comment:

Lindsey said...

What a wonderful post and a wonderful thing to share with your family.