Why Do You Come to the Lord?

Change of Heart, Christ, Personal Revelation

I once heard the question asked, “Are you coming to God because you love Him, or because you want to use Him?” That seemed like a pretty rude question, and at first I was offended. But when I stopped to give it some reflection, applying it and pondering on it in the...

Unequal to the Task

Personal Revelation

The Book of Mormon includes the testimonies of three witnesses who were shown the gold plates by an angel. It also includes testimonies of eight witnesses who merely saw and handled the plates, but were not visited by an angel. The miraculous appearance of an angel to...

Why Do You Come to the Lord?

Personal Revelation

I once heard the question asked, “Are you coming to God because you love Him, or because you want to use Him?” That was a rude question. And at first I was offended. But then I gave it some reflection. I pondered on it and wrote about it in the context my...

Will You Not Watch with Me One Hour?

Christ, Led by Spirit, Personal Revelation, Recovery, writing

A fellow addict once mentioned how much he wished he could have, personally, what he hears in my posts. That troubled me for a bit. I am uncomfortable with the idea that I am someone special; that others cannot have the thoughts or the insights that I share in He Did...

As The Whirlwind Cometh

Christ, Personal Revelation

And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his...

How Can Something Be New and Everlasting at the Same Time?

Keep Coming Back, Personal Revelation

This is a new and an everlasting covenant, even that which was from the beginning. (D&C 22:1) How can something be “new” and “everlasting” at the same time? Isn’t that a paradoxical, even irrational combination of words? I mean, if something is...