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  From an unstable childhood to a confident missionary: Why 1 young man is determined to share the joy he’s found with others By  Danielle Christensen   January 18, 2022 02:08 PM MST Twitter Pinterest Email Print Elder Gutierrez was baptized in June 2019 and is serving as a full-time missionary in the Texas San Antonio Mission. Courtesy of Elder Gutierrez Dominic Gutierrez remembers the first time he felt God’s love like it was yesterday. As a teenager in Safford, Arizona, childhood memories of abuse and homelessness had caught up with him, and his feelings of loneliness seemed inescapable. He didn’t think he had a purpose and didn’t believe that God existed. But then one day, he remembered something that would change his life forever. Previously, his friend had given him a copy of the Book of Mormon, which Dominic stored away in his room. But on this occasion, he decided to crack open the cover and turned to the introduction. Seven words in, he felt something he never ha...

  This is so awe-inspiring, and faith promoting in our God, Heavenly Father! “Be in Awe, and Know That I am God” By  Robert Allen  · January 16, 2022 Just a little history. In March of 1830, almost 200 years ago, a young man named Joseph Smith, published a book that changed the world of a lot of people— The Book of Mormon . A month later he organized  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints . He was just 24 years old. Two months later, in June 1830, he received by revelation “a vision of Moses”. It’s an amazing revelation.  I quote from Moses chapter one: And he  saw  God  face  to face, and he  talked  with him…saying: Behold, I am the Lord God  Almighty , and …thou art my son; wherefore  look , and I will show thee the  workmanship  of mine  hands ; but not all, for my works are without end ….And  worlds  without number have I created ;  (Moses 1: 2,3,4,33) Think of it. Worlds w...

 This goes with the next blog.   I'm loving studying the Pearl of Great Price, in connection with the Creation! In the Beginning: Being Present at the Creation with Moses and Joseph Smith By  Steven C. Harper  · January 11, 2022 Cover image: Revelation to Joseph Smith in June 1830: Moses 1 [3] In all of recorded history, two lessons on “the beginning” (Genesis 1:1) stand out among all others. The first, recorded in the Pearl of Great Price, was sort of like “Take Your Child to Work Day” when a child spends one day at work with a parent to learn what they do. Moses was the child. Heavenly Father was the parent. Moses was “transfigured before him” and the lesson was delivered with stunning effects. [1] God showed Moses “the workmanship of [His] hands,” Moses “marveled and wondered” at the vision he beheld and pleaded with God to understand more. [2]  I would pay any price to be privy to that lesson. The closest I can come is reading the Book of Moses as revealed t...