My sweet niece sent out a schedule in order to finish the Book of Mormon by the end of the year. I was so grateful for her thoughtfulness. I began reading yesterday and it has filled my every free moment. I don't know why this time feels different, maybe because I feel like it was an invitation from my Savior, Jesus Christ. As our prophet issued the challenge and then said, "I love you." He paused right before he said it and I felt those words come directly to me, from my Savior, through my prophet. It was a powerful experience for me.
When I was in college, deciding to go on a mission, I received a powerful witness that the Lord knew my name. He knew me and He knows each of us, intimately. This was a similar feeling.
I invited my girls to do this challenge with me. Most of them wanted to do it by themselves, but my 15 year old daughter with special needs, asked to do it with me. This has been a tender mercy to me...and we are only on day 2. I am reading it by myself and then I have the gift of reading it with her.
President Nelson invited us to mark any verse of scripture that mentioned the Savior. I picked a bright yellow pencil and Emma picked a brilliant lighter blue. What we are discovering is that every page of the Book of Mormon talks of Christ, mentions Him or is Him talking. My testimony of it being "another testament of Christ" has grown. What a beautiful gift it is to me! To my children!
My sweet Chloe, picked a pretty pink to highlight with. No matter the color, the truth is evident, the Book of Mormon talks of Christ, and is another testament of Him.
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