This week I was reading in Alma chapter 32, and verse 28 caught my attention. It says, "Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves- It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my sould; yea, it beginnith to enlighten my understanding, yea it beginneth to be delicious to me."
This verse stood out to me, it seems like I always think of seeds being planted in non-members hearts, or those who are inactive, never myself. However, reading this really struck something within me because it made me realize how much I relate to it. I feel like for most of my life I was kind of going along with what my parents believed, knowing it but not truly for myself. Only since being on my own and really having to build my own testimony have I felt this seed inside of me growing. I have had some of my most powerful experiences with the gospel this last year, each thing confirming my own testimony and beliefs. I've felt the swelling that is described in this verse, and I can look back and truly see how my seed of a testimony has grown since the end of my senior year.
I think that it is truly important to realize that this seed is within all of us, and can always be grown further. I have seen that it is good, and it has enlightened my life.
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