What I Know

Since we had a special family fast today I wanted to shared my testimony in church today and wanted to share with you also...

I do not know everything, I do not have a college degree or am I a professional, I have few visible talents and am a stay at home mom who hasn't served a mission yet and never even graduated from seminary.  But, I do know some things...

I know that I have a Heavenly Father who loves me.

I know that Jesus Christ is my savior and that he willing died that I might live again.

I know that Joseph Smith was and is a prophet of God who restored the Lords true church. 

I know that the Book of Mormon is true. 

I know that there is a prophet on the earth today, President Thomas Monson, who leads and guides the Lords church.

I don't know many things, but I do know those things. Those simple truths that even a child can know.  The knowledge didn't come with any promotion, diploma or certificate it can by study, prayer and the gift of the Holy Ghost.

I have learned that life is full of trials, I have experienced my share.  I have learned to live by three key phrases; one from me, one from Sister Marjorie Hinckley and one from the Lord.

My phrase..."IT IS WHAT IT IS."  Trials are apart of this life, we can not change that.  I have been learning to just tell myself, it is what it is and have found comfort and peace as I seem to pass from one trial to the next.

Sister Hinckley's phrase: "SAVE THE RELATIONSHIP AT ALL COST."  I have had to repeat this phrase over and over when dealing with each one of my children.  I have had to use it with other family members.  When push comes to shove is it worth damaging a relationship for?  I do the things I do with in my relationships because THEY matter to me, the person and the relationship.  So when issues come up I remind myself to save the relationship at all cost, because in the end that is what truly matters.

The Lord's phrase comes from D&C 121 ...when I was first diagnosed with cancer 11 years ago Ron gave me what I believe to be his shortest blessing ever.  He laid his hands on my head and begun in the appropriate way, he then quoted from D&C 121 ..."ALL THESE THINGS SHALL GIVE THEE EXPERIENCE". Then came a very very long pause and he closed the blessing.  I was stunned, that was it...you wife has cancer and that is all the blessing you can give me?  I have since learned that was all I needed.  The Lord knew exactly what I needed to hear.  I have come to rely on those words almost on a daily basis.  

I am grateful for those three phrases in my life, they are a part of who I am.

I don't know much but I know that my testimony is stronger because of the trials that I have had in my life.  

I don't know much but I know that life, real life is eternal.

I may not know everything but the things I do know are true, eternal and they are what make me ME.