Uplifted

Church today was just plain perfect. I've been feeling very overwhelmed, stressed and worried about all the changes coming up in my life. However, once I got to church, I felt at peace.
My friend came home from his mission and spoke in church today. He spoke of how he had left a lot of people behind while on his mission and he was coming home forever changed. I got chills while I typed that. What a concept, that our church sends out 19 year old boys who don't know much of anything to preach the true gospel of Jesus Christ. These rascals come back home from their missions older, more mature and with a true knowledge of the Gospel; in a sense, forever changed. His talk gave me such hope that I'll be able to find a young man, who is worthy and has served an honorable mission and will be able to add his own testimony to my own. Following his talk, two young women in my ward sing "Come Thou Fount." After feeling the Spirit from my friend's talk, this musical number made me cry from feeling such peace. It gave me motivation to change my life and make my Savior the focus of my life. "Here's my heart, O take and seal it. Seat it for they courts above." The other thing I took out of church today was in Sunday School. I really like this phrase: "It's better to prepare and prevent than to repair and repent" -John Bytheway. I think that's really true. It's a lot easily to prevent sin than to repent of your wrongdoings. I'm not perfect but I'm going to try harder to be better than just good. I have a new semester coming up at BYU. A time to perfect my study habits, perfect my social skills and perfect my testimony. I'm not perfect, but I'm trying. I'm grateful for the uplifting feelings I received at church today and I'm grateful for my knowledge that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the true church on the earth today.