All These Promised Blessings are Within Our Grasp

My testimony, through faith and experience, is this: I know that God is real. I know He is our Loving, All-powerful Heavenly Father and that we are created in His image. Everything He has created is for our good and happiness. I know His plan of salvation is perfect, and I know that it is possible for us through our real Savior, Redeemer, Counsellor and Eldest Brother Jesus Christ. I know that He, the Only Begotten Son of God suffered for every sin, pain, heartbreak, sickness and agony each and every one of us have suffered or committed in our lives, and that He ensures and overcame Hell itself for us. Because He loves us. Infinitely. Perfectly. More than we can comprehend. I know that God and His Son have not vanished in our day, that they continue to speak to us today through scripture old and new - especially the Book of Mormon - and through Latter-day prophets from Joseph Smith to Russell M. Nelson. I know that Christ restored His true church to the earth through His Prophet Joseph, and that He continues to guide us today through His prophet Russell Nelson. I know that families can be together forever and are meant to be under God’s glorious plan and that no matter our circumstances, peace and joy are available and offered to us today and in the eternities by God and His Son. We are meant to be happy. We are meant to become like Them. And they want nothing less than us to share in Their joy and receive everything that they have. I testify that all of this is true, and that all these promised blessings are within our grasp if we will just trust God and follow Jesus. In the sacred name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Jackson

Pleasant Grove, Utah