Jacob 4: 3 Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to engraven these words upon plates, hoping that our beloved brethren and our children will receive them with thankful hearts, and look upon them that they may learn with joy and not with sorrow, neither with contempt, concerning their first parents.
4 For, for this intent have we written these things, that they may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming; and not only we ourselves had a hope of his glory, but also all the holy prophets which were before us.
Jacob has very kindly explained why I am keeping this blog. I hope and pray that my beloved brethren and my children will receive my words with thankful hearts. I never want there to be any question as to who my faith centers around. I know of Christ and have a knowledge of His glory many thousand years after his coming. I bear strong witness of His divinity and my love for Him.
But Jacob is also talking to me as one of the children who is receiving the words of those who have gone before. I need to receive them with a thankful heart and with joy. I need to treasure up the words of the prophets, and also those of my ancestors who suffered and sacrificed to pave the way for my easy life. They made those sacrifices because they believed that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and that the Book of Mormon was the word of God. I honor those sacrifices and am thankful for their testimonies.
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How powerful was Elder Holland's testimony of the Book of Mormon? I was very grateful to be able to witness it in person, rather than just reading it later in print. It is important to write them down to have them recorded. It is nice to know what you believe.
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