I Believe in Christ

Me and my friend Anne with a statue of Jesus Christ!

The words of the hymn 'I Believe in Christ' keep running through my head.  Its a beautiful song depicting the life and suffering of Jesus Christ, all the amazing things that he accomplished while he was on the earth.  One of the lines in this beautiful hymns states, "He is the source of truth and light"  Such a beautiful line!  In this world full of confusing and contradictory messages I take comfort in knowing that I can turn to my Savior Jesus Christ and know that he can be my source of truth and light.  His messages are simple and pure and as we follow him we can never be lead astray.


My favorite line in this song is "I believe in Christ, so come what may."  My life is full of unexpected events but as I put my faith in Jesus Christ then I know that I wont have a trial that I can't overcome with the help of my Savior Jesus Christ. As I put my faith and trust in Jesus Christ I can withstand anything that comes in my path.  The statement "I believe in Christ, so come what may" inspires me to increase my faith in my Savior Jesus Christ and I hope it inspires you as well!! 





Check out this talk by Elder Holland, it's an excellent talk to read about our Savior Jesus Christ!

http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2006/04/broken-things-to-mend?lang=eng&query=broken+things+mend+%28name%3a%22Jeffrey+R.+Holland%22%29 

This link will take you to the online interactive version of the song with lyrics and notes!!

http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=1&searchseqstart=134&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=134&searchsubseqend=ZZZ

God loves you!

I've been thinking a lot lately about our Heavenly Father and his infinite love for us.  There are many people that don't know that they have a Father in Heaven who loves them.  My testimony started with knowing that I have a Father in Heaven who truly knows and loves me.  I have had many experiences in my life where I have seen God manifest his love to me.  As I pray I feel his love for me and as I study the many books of scripture he has provided us with I receive answers to my prayers.  I don's understand all the mysteries of the world but one thing I do know is that my Father in Heaven loves me. There is a scripture I love in the The Book of Mormon is says:

"And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things." 1 Nephi 11:17

There are so many things that happen in this world that are hard to explain and just like Nephi I do not know the meaning of all things but I do know that my Heavenly Father loves me.  I also love the words of Job in chapter 19.  He tells us of the afflictions that he has in his life for 22 verses but then he bears his testimony to us.  Despite all the afflictions that came upon him he says;

"For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another." (Job 19:25-27)

When ever I study about Job I am immediately humbled.  He had this amazing attitude throughout all of his trials.  He took comfort in his knowledge that his "redeemer liveth".  He had this great eternal perspective that even though life is hard and he had many hardships he was still focused on returning to his Heavenly Father.  I challenge you all to take a step back and look at your life from an eternal perspective.