Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Zoinks!

Inside a large, open room filled with acoustic potential, a man steps up toward his instrument.  He taps his hand on the white key-- a rich, high-pitched E note resonates out of that shiny black piano.  At the same time, the vibration of the highest-pitched guitar string is felt by another musician.  What does this mean?

Let's put it this way: when someone or something seems to be exactly what you think is right, "it clicks."  Two individual concepts, one of yours and the other of another person or another thing, come together in complimenting form.  It can be coincidental.  It can be purposeful.  However, it just "clicks."  The same goes for the musical instruments I just described-- try it!  If you play a note on a piano, for example, the D key closest to middle C, the D string on a cello will vibrate as the tone of both strings, piano and cello, are of like frequency.

The Holy Ghost-- it works in a very, very similar way.  It's commonly referred to as the Holy Spirit, and no, its not a scary thing!  If you happen to come across something profound (and understandable), you have something stir in your heart, telling you, "oh, that's deep stuff."  In addition, if you hear something profound AND potentially truthful, whether it be of philosophical or religious value, you can noticeably feel it.  When we as missionaries teach, we teach the truth.  We teach so that those we teach may have that same feeling in their hearts.  If our message doesn't come across like that to you, that either means we didn't do our job correctly.  We teach with the Holy Ghost-- with it can feelings like this occur-- this is how the stirrings of the hearts come to be.

This is what I felt as I talked to my very first Mormon people.  The things that they said really stuck out to me, especially about family.  It's like an invisible hand touched your heart, confirming of the reality of the truth.  So if you want to know what that exactly feels like, with an open mind and an open heart, inquire about it with your local missionary!

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