My Testimony....Prayer....the Atonement.....

                  "A strong testimony is the sustaining power of a successful life. It is centered in an
                     understanding of the divine attributes of God our Father, Jesus Christ, and the
                   Holy Ghost. it is secured by a willing reliance upon them. A powerful testimony is
                   grounded in the personal assurance that the Holy Ghost can guide and inspire our
                                                 daily acts for good."  Richard G. Scott

Today I was overcome with gratitude for many things! My Savior and his teachings, the atonement, my family, ward family, friends of all faiths, and especially prayer! Never before have I felt the actual, almost physical feeling of people praying for me. That is what helps to sustain me everyday. If you don't know what to do or how to help; say an earnest sincere prayer, because it really does help. I am living proof that it does...

With all that I have gone through this year; pain, anxiety, fear, almost dying a couple of times and many more things. With all the things that have happened, nothing has even come close to what the Savior did for us, nothing! I am in awe (because of what I have gone through), that to try and comprehend the depth of what he did for us; sacrificing his life so we would be able to return and live with him again. He bled from every pore; for our pain, our sins, our grief and sorrow. Can you even imagine what that must have felt like for him, taking on the world's sin's, griefs, pains and sorrows? What I have felt and gone through this year thus far, is only a small little piece of what he did for you and me. To him I owe my life, my happiness and my continual desire to want to live righteously and serve others.