One By One

The individuality of acquiring a testimony is another principle laid out in The Book of Mormon. Each of us comes into the world as a unique individual, with separate needs, challenges and talents. It is this uniqueness that makes each of us special. Similarly, the acquisition of testimony and conversion is a very individualized and unique event. We are taught, nurtured and baptized on an individual basis.  When the Savior appeared to the Nephites, He could have preached to them as a whole, and could even have shown the prints of the nails in His hands by holding them up for all to see. But the Savior seemed to honor their uniqueness by preferring everyone to witness for himself or herself, no matter how long it took. At some point, each of us must experience conversion individually through the Spirit, no matter how long it takes. This is the Lord’s way, and He seeks that every individual will come to Him and learn to know Him.

3 Nephi 11:15 And it came to pass that the multitude went forth, and thrust their hands into his side, and did feel the prints of the nails in his hands and in his feet; and this they did do, going forth one by one until they had all gone forth, and did see with their eyes and did feel with their hands, and did know of a surety and did bear record, that it was he, of whom it was written by the prophets, that should come.

LESSON LEARNED: Every child of God comes to earth as a unique individual. In a similar vein, each of us must seek our own conversion from the Holy Ghost, one individual at a time.

FEEDBACK: CAN YOU THINK OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE HOLY GHOST THAT MATCHED YOUR OWN UNIQUENESS AND LED TO YOUR CONVERSION?