It has influenced me for the better. A couple years ago my parents were going through a divorce and I was having a hard time. I had anger that I did not want to have. I felt that I had problems I did not want to have either. And there was so much that was unclear to me. Maybe life has always been clear to you, but for me it is often like looking through a dark glass.
I remember one night in particular. I was sitting outside in my backyard. It was getting dark and it was just me. And I felt pulled in two directions. One was not a good direction, and it was basically a desire to give up believing in the good and abandon my moral compass and just go enjoy myself for the next few years. The other was a better one, to keep believing in a difference between right and wrong. As I struggled with this decision, a thought came to me, "Mormon is a good man." Now, what does that mean? Mormon abridged the Book of Mormon. He put the best words of the Nephite nation into one book, and then he added a few words of his own followed by a few words from his son. Us Mormons are called Mormons not because we worship the man but as a nickname coming from the book he compiled. But we do believe that he was a prophet called of God. And as I sat there that night, I realized that I had never read anything compiled by Mormon which inclined me to do something wrong. I knew I could trust him and his testimony of Jesus Christ.
I want to tell you all something. The Book of Mormon is the word of God. It is the collection and abridgment of some of the most important ever words spoken by people under the influence of the Holy Ghost. If you study it everyday you will find your inner compass refined, and you will want to stay on the path it prescribes back to our Heavenly Father. It will feel right.
And then, you will say for yourselves, "This is a good book. Mormon is a good man. These are the words of Christ."
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