Strengthening A Testimony

I absolutely KNOW that Heavenly Father is aware of me. He knows about my worries and fears and what stresses me out everyday. He knows that I am trying. That knowledge gives me tremendous comfort. What else gives me so much comfort is knowing that Jesus Christ experienced those horrible feelings too, and can understand and help me through it. The same is true about you. I am so grateful.

I just finished Elder Holland's talk from conference in October. It was a very straight forward and powerful talk about his testimony of the Book of Mormon. It made me think of all the proof that it is a true book written by prophets who were directed by the Lord. One of the points that brought me a lot of comfort is that the Book of Mormon is a gift to us during the times when the mist of darkness can fall upon us. If we listen to the council of the scriptures we can stay on the path. What a wonderful gift Heavenly Father has given us. The last thing Elder Holland said was this: My witness echoes that of Nephi, who wrote part of the book in his “last days”: “Hearken unto these words and believe in Christ; and if ye believe not in these words believe in Christ. And if ye shall believe in Christ ye will believe in these words, for they are the words of Christ, . . . and they teach all men that they should do good. “And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye—for Christ will sh