Remembering a Prophet of God

On June 27th, 1844 an event occurred that the world didn't take much notice of at the time.  But I feel it's an important date to remember...the day that the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were murdered at Carthage Jail in Carthage, Illinois.

Who was this prophet some might ask?  After centuries of being lost, the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored through a prophet - just as the Lord had restored it in the Old Testament and how Christ set up His Church with prophets and apostles.

So on this day, I would like to remember Joseph Smith and his testimony.  He saw God the Father and Jesus Christ, translated the Book of Mormon, restored the priesthood (the power of God given to man to act in his name), built temples, and worked hard to establish the Church of Jesus Christ back on the earth.

While many may not know who he is, I do.  And I know that he was a prophet called by God to restore the fulness of the gospel - so that we could have the knowledge of the plan of salvation and the priesthood.  How grateful I am for that knowledge!

So thank you Heavenly Father for the restoration of your gospel and your Church!  And thank you Joseph Smith for doing all you could so that we could have this knowledge now!

I Love the Gospel!!

I really need to put some pictures on here I realized...but I don't have my camera close so I will have to do that next time. I was just thinking today about how grateful I am for the gospel of Jesus Christ. I've been taking an Institute class (Institute of Religion for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints where we go and take religion classes) about world religions. It's been so fascinating!! So many religions have so many things in common and it's beautiful to see. Even non-Christian religions have so much truth!! It's amazing!! I'm so grateful that I have the gospel that pulls all of those great things together.

I've been reading in the book of Alma in the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon amazes me. The people within its pages are just amazing! I only pray that I can strive to be like them...so many of them have such great Christlike attributes. And of course that's who I try to pattern my life after - Jesus Christ. The men and women in the scriptures are just so good at emulating some of those attributes that I really long to have. If other people can follow Christ in such hard times, then I definitely can too! Christ lives!! He really does and I just love the plan that God has for us and our families. How grateful I am for the Bible and the Book of Mormon and how they teach that plan so wonderfully!

*Good Website: http://mormon.org/

*Good Song: Before the Rocks by Justin Robinett