The Spirit of God

Today I had the opportunity of attending a zone conference in Bountiful. The opening hymn was “The Spirit of God”. I love singing hymns with the missionaries. There is no half-singing with these folks. They belt out the song, with the greatest of reverence, yet with the soul of accumulated testimonies. It was just wonderful to sing with them, and partake of the Spirit that comes with them. I will miss this, truly.

I have felt the Spirit in several different settings. Last Sunday, Elder Lund and I taught about the church of Christ in His times and what things were present in his organization. Then we tied it to the Church in our day and age and how the two are the same. One sister in our class kept making notes and added to the discussion. We felt the Spirit as we bore testimony to her.

Immediately following Sunday School, I was assigned to teach in Relief Society. The lesson was Pres. Uchtdorf’s talk “You Matter to Him”. As I was teaching the talk, I found my Heavenly Father telling me that I matter to Him as well. It was another testimony of Heavenly Father’s love for me.  Afterwards, one of the investigators we have been talking came and hugged me and said, “For the first time, I truly felt the Spirit”.

A few days ago, we found out that our Stake President, Mitchell Shaw, age 46, was killed in a tragic accident of being crushed in a front loader. Once again, the Spirit bore witness to me that he truly was a man of God, a good man, who totally loved everyone, and he especially loved the missionaries and our Jefferson 1^st ward. He is with our Heavenly Father now. His funeral is on Saturday. Our ward conference is scheduled for Sunday. Although I didn’t know Pres. Shaw well, both Elder Lund and I have been drawn to him and the goodness he represents. This has been done through the Spirit. Now that he has passed, it is the Spirit that is confirming the Gospel Plan and its truths to us.

Different events this week have drawn me closer to my Savior through the Spirit. I hope that my life is not going to get so busy when I am off this mission that I forget that the Spirit is always there to testify of Gospel truths if I just recognize the promptings that are being given me.

The Spirit of God….I am so grateful for being able to have it with me.