Today was a wonderful day! Today in Relief Society, I don't know why, I had the feeling that my little college family needed to have our own little testimony meeting. Our family consists of my apartment (Me, Shelby, Taylor, and Brittany), 2 of my neighbors (Hannah and Caitlyn), our friend that lives in a different complex but is always here (Anna) and some boys (Eric, Ryan, Andres, and Josh).
A couple Sundays ago, was when Taylor, Shelby, Anna, Caitlyn and I had our little testimony meeting, and for some reason I felt like we needed to do it again, but with the whole family. Plus, what a great thing to do Sunday night before Thanksgiving!
I let everyone know that we were going to do it.
For some reason, I was really nervous to bring it up because I didn't want the idea to get shot down, but it ended up being such a powerful night.
Tonight was the first time that I had heard Eric bare his testimony formally, and Ryan shared a powerful story with us about how he came to be here. Everyone just shared things that were so close to their hearts and the Spirit was so strong! We opened with singing "Teach Me to Walk in the Light" and and prayer, and then we closed with singing "I Stand All Amazed", another prayer, and a group hug :)
I just felt so good about life after tonight! I was so happy that we had all shared this bonding experience, and I was so proud of myself that I had sucked it up and followed a prompting that made me a little uncomfortable.
This gospel is the true church of God. Our Heavenly Father knows and loves me and wants nothing more than my success. I can not deny that this church is true. I know that some times it can be hard to remember the experiences that we have had that show us that the church is true, but I can not deny it. I know that the Spirit is always there for us. To tell us what we should do and to help us.
I am so thankful for this gospel and that I was raised, by 2 wonderful parents, in the true and living gospel of Jesus Christ.
