Monthly Message, January 2022
Your answer to this question is all important because it signals where your heart is. Our spiritual heart is the most important part of us, because it makes all of our important decisions. (Mind is also important, but mind is the servant of the heart and can be used to support and abet any cause or goal the heart is set upon. There is a lot of noise in the world about being rational, and it is usually good to be consistent. But all reasoning depends ultimately upon premises about which we cannot be rational. So all rationality is actually based on irrationality.)
I count my most precious possession to be my testimony about Jesus Christ and His Restored Gospel through Joseph Smith. My heart tells me that Jesus is the Christ, our Savior, and that his true church was restored through his latter-day prophet, Joseph Smith. And my mind rejoices in what my heart tells me about this, for my mind sees a system of salvation that is consistent, squares with the scriptures, and answers every question to which I need an answer. There are still some things about the system of salvation through Christ that I ponder and wonder about, but those things are not crucial items.
The main reason I have a testimony of the Jesus Christ and the Restored Gospel is because I get answers to my prayers. I pray about what is real, what is true, and what to do. And my prayers are answered through the Holy Spirit and the events of my life. Some of my long-standing prayers asking for a particular blessing have not been answered as yet, but I do have the assurance to my mind and heart that they will be answered in the Lord’s due time.
I wish and pray for each of you that you will know your own mind and heart, know what is your most precious possession, and be happy with your future.