It feels great to be blogging again, I'm excited to share my thoughts and personal growth throughout this course with you all.
For this first blog post I decided to study two stellar conference talks- Waiting on the Road to Damascus by Dieter F. Uchtdorf and It's a Miracle By Neil L. Andersen. I felt particularly touched by Elder Uchtdorf's message about our natural tendency to wait to be proved until we make action. This talk applies very directly to my own life and testimony. Growing up as a member of this church, I constantly heard stories of the 'fairytale' testimony- usually about a spiritual experience so intense that the recipient no longer had doubts and considered the church true thereafter. I waited for my own experience, a distinct time that I would be able to use as personal proof that the church is true for the rest of my life. But in reality, a testimony cannot be measured as singular experiences. Rather it is the accumulation of the spirit in one's life that gradually, like a sunrise, will lead to one's own conversion. Elder Utchdorf spoke of the dangers of "Waiting on the Road to Damascus" or waiting on a miracle to be pushed to action, which results in missed opportunities and a lack of accountability. True testimonies require action and faith, they need constant care and genuine desire for improvement. As Elder Uchtdorf promises: "...let us courageously move forward in faith, hope, and charity, and we will be blessed with the light we are all seeking upon the path of true discipleship."
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