So this will be news to even Paul. He's the one who asked me to do this. I did a very long time ago and didn't tell him about it. :) I wanted him to see this blog first.
I surprisingly had never read the entire Book of Mormon on my own. I have read it a lot, but always reading with somebody else like my mom or whole family. I hadn't ever really thought about the fact that I hadn't read it on my own soo I decided to. :) It took me about a year because I usually only read one chapter a day. I finished around February sometime. I was really happy and excited that I had finished reading the Book of Mormon completely on my own so I told Paul that I finished and he asked if I could do Moroni's promise. Moroni 10:3-6 I told him that I had prayed about the truthfulness of the church a long time ago and already had my answer, but he wanted me to do it again. I said alright I'd do it, but it would probably take a little while because Heavenly Father doesn't always answer right when you ask. He never really asked me about it again.
Answers come in all different forms. The answer I received was the given to me in a way that I definitely knew it was my answer, but I'd never been answered that way before. I actually got my answer fairly quick. I prayed about it almost every night. I read the scriptures every day as we are commanded to do and I usually read right before going to bed and I'm usually pretty tired while reading. One Sunday I was in church and had the thought that I should read that afternoon because I wouldn't be so tired and I could read a lot more than just one chapter. Later that day, a while after church, I was in my room reading the Book of Mormon (I started reading it again almost right after finishing it) and I honestly don't even remember where I was reading, but I suddenly got this HUGE feeling of love for the Book of Mormon. Not just like an "oh this is a cool book..." No. Really. This overwhelming, overpowering love for it to the point that it almost brought me to tears. And I rarely cry about things like that. It took me by surprise so I just sat on my bed kind of stunned thinking... whoa. Where did that come from? I realized right then that that was my answer. It was really cool. :) And I am really glad Paul asked me to pray about the truthfulness of the book because now I will remember that specific love I have for the Book of Mormon. Answers don't always come that soon though. Heavenly Father answers prayers and questions when it's the right time for you. Sometimes prayers don't get answered for a long time and people think that either Heavenly Father doesn't care about them, or that what they're asking isn't true or doesn't matter. False! Heavenly Father does care, he will answer you're prayer and not just leave you hanging and anything that truely matters to you matters to the Lord. I believe that God gives answers when we're prepared for them. If we ask something not really believing that we will be answered then His answer would probably go unnoticed. He waits for when we truely put faith into our prayers and are prepared to accept what his answer is. :)
The End. I have to go to work now. I had an hour to kill at school before work started and I thought this would be a good use of my time. Don't you agree?
