I love President Hinckley. I love and miss everything about him. I never fully appreciated his mannerisms until he became prophet of the church. As a child I always thought of him to be serious and stern. I didn't like listening to him talk.
I don't know why I felt that way.
Today I long for his sweet messages. His cute manner, his jokes. I long to listen to his testimony and glean from his strength at the pulpit. That's why whenever I read something from him, or hear a talk he gave-hear his little voice...I am taken back to when he was here on this earth. I miss him.
Oh how I love this quote by him. It is written on the front cover of my Book of Mormon-the one that I received for Christmas the winter after I returned home from my mission. I'm starting the Book of Mormon again from this certain book for the 8th time. I'm not sure how many times that makes it for me reading this book, but I sure am thankful that each time I read it, Heavenly Father seems to pour new information into my heart and soul.
Oh...I love this book, with all my heart. And what a joy to read this quote as I start my journey in this book today once again...
"...The evidence for its truth, for its validity in a world that is prone to demand evidence, lies not in archaeology or anthropology, though these may be helpful to some. It lies not in word research or historical analysis, though these may be confirmatory. The evidence for its truth and validity lies within the covers of the book itself. The test of its truth lies in reading it. It is a book of God. Reasonable men may sincerely question its origin; but those who have read it prayerfully have come to know by a power beyond their natural senses that it is true".
President Hinckley
"The Cornerstone of our Faith" Ensign Nov 1984, p. 50.
Can't wait to gain a stronger testimony this year of its truthfulness.
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