A Short Essay
It was 2009 when I started studying my religion, doctrine, and scriptures more seriously. Really seriously. God called my name out of bed one night and a spiritual connection I had never had before was opened and available to me. In 2010 I devoured everything I could and came to know my guide better than before. I discovered He likes to talk and persuade and counsel. If I felt prideful or knowledgeable or better than others, I was gently knocked down. He isn't distant and isn't unapproachable. He definitely isn't silent. If truth was to be found it would be through Him (or other angels, messengers, teachers that He works with -- higher beings with more experience and love than we have). In 2011 my shelf broke. Everything about Mormonism I had stuffed away and not looked at because I knew if I did I would be horrified, came crumbling down. I looked. I dared to look. I read an essay by Margaret Toscano and in that very moment I knew my crack would lea