Testimony of the Book of Mormon
Recorded on 3/30/22
This happened sometime in the last half of 1979
It’s been a great blessing to grow up with the truths of the gospel as a very present part of my life since birth. With parents who loved the Lord and loved the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, I was gifted with the same love and testimony since my earliest memories. As I grew, I don’t remember doubting much, but I do remember that when I left home after High School graduation, and started college at BYU, I felt a strong urge to ask specific questions and seek for a personal witness of truth..
The Lord blessed me with a sweet experience that strengthened my testimony and left me feeling certain that the Book of Mormon was true and that Heavenly Father knew me and loved me. I had just finished reading the Book of Mormon again, and I decided to follow Moroni’s invitation to ask God with a sincere heart, with real intent, and having faith in Christ, if the Book of Mormon were true. I began my earnest prayers in my little dorm room at Deseret Towers there in Provo. I prayed earnestly and for a long time. After a while there, I left and headed walking toward the Provo Temple. I must have walked for a couple of hours through the neighborhoods surrounding the Temple, and all the while, I was asking Heavenly Father to help me to know. I was beginning to feel a bit discouraged when I heard music somewhere closeby. I recognized the song as one of the songs from seminary called, “Like Unto Us”. I loved that song and had sung it many, many times both at seminary and at home along with playing it on the piano. It seemed so coincidental to me that I would be praying about my testimony of the Book of Mormon, and that at that very moment, someone in that neighborhood would be playing that particular song outside their house loud enough for me to hear. I decided to try to find where the music was coming from and I sang along as I walked toward the sound. The words touched my heart in a very powerful way.
Like Unto Us
Brett Raymond, Lyrics
Like unto us, so the Savior said and learn from days gone by
Like unto us, it's the surest way to reach your home on high
Everyday we face new challenges, hills that seem too steep to climb
But other men have walked the same experience & passed the test of time
Like unto us there's a light ahead, to clearly show the way
Like unto us and we'll find it's true, just as much today
Everyday we face new challenges, life's too short to walk alone
So live and learn from those before us, ensure your journey's home
Like unto us, now's the time my friend, to heed their words of true
Seek to know deep within your heart, seek to love and work and prove
Everyday we face new challenges, life's too short to walk alone
So live and learn from those before us, ensure your journey's home
Like unto us, now's the time my friend, to heed their words of truth
Seek to know deep within your heart, seek to love and work and prove
Like unto us, Like unto us, Like unto us, Like unto us, Like unto us,
Like unto us, Like unto us, Like unto us, Like unto us, Like unto us
I felt so, so grateful for the blessing of the Book of Mormon in my life. I knew that the principles that I could learn from it would bless my life - that they were for me, then and always, and I KNEW THAT THE BOOK OF MORMON WAS TRUE!
I never found the source of the music that day, even though I searched for a long time. At some point it became clear to me that it was no coincidence, but that the song was playing for me. Heavenly Father answered my heartfelt prayers in a way that He knew I could easily understand and feel from deep within my heart - through music.
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