Yes I am LDS

I am a member of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. I am by definition in a cult. As all church goers are. I am not brainwashed in fact of all the churches I have ever been in this is the only church that has encouraged me to think. OK you can stop laughing. I was baptized in September of 2008. I was actually working towards becoming a Methodist Lay Minister when this occurred. I want to bear my testimony and show why I made this eternal decision .

Growing up I did not have "religion". I went to church on occasions with my family , I even did a little time in VBS. I hated God , I hated "church people" they always seemed so much happier then my family and they were so it even made me madder. When I was about 15 I had a dream (cue the uplifting music) I dreamed I met God. In my dream I walked with Him by a small pond and HE told me there was so much for me to learn. When I went to my preacher he told me God does not talk to people much less children, other religious leaders echoed this mind numbing crap and I kinda believed them. So I went in search of spiritual enlightenment.

I threw myself into whatever I could get my hands on. I studied the Buddha , Hinduism, Catholicism , Judaism , Anti God what ever I could study I did . I began to believe that God was a concept man has created because they were to sacred to admit they did not know something. However I knew God was real. Funny how that works Knowing and Believing. I knew God was real but I believed man had made the church. After awhile I gave up on Christianity they all seemed to hard to keep up with anyway. So I started practicing WICCA. I spent many years in the realm of the divine female , yet I knew something was missing.

I started to hear God speak to me. So I started church hopping and man let me tell you what a bunch of craziness, I have seen it all trust me when I say this. I became very aware that all these churches were missing something And all these churches were run by men.

When James and I were married he was an inactive Mormon. But he had no problems church hopping with me,(I guess he was stilll working out his issues too) but he always walked away and he would inevitably explain what was missing or how empty he felt. During this time I only knew one Mormon, my brother in law, and well if that was what the church did to people then nope , no thank you , not for me. And now back to that September in 2008. It happened, Heavenly Father got tired of me farting around and in came the SISTERS. Now if you wanna know what this means call up the Church and ask for a set of missionaries to come to your house, i promise you God will change your life , but to keep this short these beautiful young women Sister Harris and Sister Moberly brought knowledge into my life. Now I already knew that the Book Of Mormon was true . I know this because God's people did not just live in Jerusalem and Christ speaks many many times of His other flocks, and I know that the Bible is not meant to be the only written word of Heavenly Father. What I came to know was that what I had believed in was right. churches are created by man. Man dictates what is taught how it is taught , they tell people what to believe and how and not to question cause it makes you look weak in faith . All the questions other churches created in me Christ's church answered.

I know that the Restored Gospel of Christ is available to the whole world. I know that there is a Prophet of God alive today (and no he did not go to bible college) called of God . I know that Jesus Christ fulfilled all law and suffered for us in the garden. I know that the power of the Priesthood the same authority that Christ held can be obtained by all worthy men . I know the blessings of the Temple and that families are meant to be eternal . I know the Book Of Mormon testifies of Christ. And I know that all this is truth God's truth not man's.

Yes I am LDS. I was not scared to seek out Heavenly Father and learn. I am so thankful that my family has a worthy strong priesthood holder. I am thankful for the relationship that my Father in Heaven and I are working on. I promise that when we open ourselves up God will not keep us in the dark . I leave these words in the name of Our Redeemer our loving brother even Jesus Christ amen.