Back in 2009 someone I eventually grew to care about asked me to consider what defines me.
I had, a few months earlier given him a book that had impacted me strongly Herman Hesse's "Narcisus and Goldmund" for his birthday. I had done this out of fear..... I had wanted to give him The Book of Mormon because that book more than any other has changed my life.
The funny thing is that both books focus on "the meaning of life". Only one helped me TRULY find that.
So when I came to grips with the fact that I gave him the wrong book, I tried to fix it. I'm pretty sure he was rebuking Satan under his breath when I explained myself and handed him the Book of Mormon.
The thing is..... The BOM (Book of Mormon) DOES help define me. It changed my life. It changed my heart.
The problem I realized there has to be something more that defines me.... I just don't know what it is....
I'm excited about missionary work... I thrive in genealogy.....My friends call me to pray for certain things for them because Heavenly Father ALWAYS answers my prayers.... But what else is there to me?
I will be exploring this in the days, weeks, and months to come....
I had, a few months earlier given him a book that had impacted me strongly Herman Hesse's "Narcisus and Goldmund" for his birthday. I had done this out of fear..... I had wanted to give him The Book of Mormon because that book more than any other has changed my life.
The funny thing is that both books focus on "the meaning of life". Only one helped me TRULY find that.
So when I came to grips with the fact that I gave him the wrong book, I tried to fix it. I'm pretty sure he was rebuking Satan under his breath when I explained myself and handed him the Book of Mormon.
The thing is..... The BOM (Book of Mormon) DOES help define me. It changed my life. It changed my heart.
The problem I realized there has to be something more that defines me.... I just don't know what it is....
I'm excited about missionary work... I thrive in genealogy.....My friends call me to pray for certain things for them because Heavenly Father ALWAYS answers my prayers.... But what else is there to me?
I will be exploring this in the days, weeks, and months to come....
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