1198. Preparing for Conference: What We Learn from Joseph about How to Receive Light By Maurine Proctor. Links to all the First Vision accounts!
This is a beautiful and insightful article, from which we can all learn. Preparing for Conference: What We Learn from Joseph about How to Receive Light By Maurine Proctor · April 1, 2020 Since we yearn to be closer to God and receive revelation, we may find ourselves asking, “Lord, how is it done?” Something profound can be learned in the similarities between Joseph Smith’s prayer that was answered by the First Vision, his prayer that brought Moroni’s visit, and Enos’s wrestle with God when he prayed all day and all night in the woods. In all three cases the petitioner was yearning to have one question answered, and that question may surprise us. It was—what is the state of my soul before the Lord? The energy and real intent behind each of these prayers was for the most personal question of all. How does God see me? Can my sins, meaning all that divides me from Him, be forgiven? In fact, it might be because this is the central question of our being