One night, early in December of 2012, I was up late studying for a
retreat that I was helping to plan. I
was seeking direction for themes for class teachers, and preparing for the
responsibility that all that planning holds.
When I had finished
studying I could feel the Spirit with me and it was very strong. Next, as I was praying, God brought 3 Nephi 5:90 to my mind, particularly
the part that says, “Pray for them who
despitefully use you and persecute you.”
Immediately, someone came to my mind; someone who had hurt me very
badly in the past. As I prayed for her,
the Spirit became even stronger and I suddenly felt an unexplainable pure love
for this person. I saw her the way
Christ saw her. Everything seemed to
make so much sense in that moment; every trivial, earthly thing wasn’t
important to me anymore. I saw a little
girl who just wanted to be loved and accepted, a far cry from the person I saw
with my own very human eyes. I wanted
this experience to last forever, but after several minutes I began to feel my
own blind and judgmental “ifs”, “buts”, and “whys” seeping back into my
thoughts. I can tell you that’s one of
the worst feelings in the world.
Christ has
indescribable, pure love for each of us.
If you don’t have a testimony of that, pray for one! The pure love of Christ is the most powerful
thing that I have ever come across in my life.
I am very grateful to have been given this and many other
testimonies. I used to think that
experiences I read about in books like this could never happen to me, and I was
very wrong. Please, don’t ever think that! If you ask God to give you a testimony, He
will give it to you!
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