Part of my testimony of the Book of Mormon is the precious truths I have found there over the years. The truths it and the other scriptures contain are like handcrafted lenses that enable me to see more clearly the world about me, especially see and understand the wiles of the devil. This is done for me in two ways: 1) these scriptural lenses help me understand and see the motives, tactics, and goals of the adversary and those who serve him and 2) to understand how God works, the motivates, approaches, and goals of God and those who serve Him.
Some would claim that these lenses or just pretty stones from some stream bed. But I know they are precious truths placed in my path as I read the scriptures and follow the direction of the Holy Ghost which guides me to them. Each of these spiritual lenses clarifies my understanding and spiritual vision. I know a man could not create something so incredible, complex, powerful and beautiful. To say these truths are simply my random thoughts is equivalent of find in a stream bed protected parts of a complete and working telescope and finding these pieces over years, often finding them in the same location I found other truths in the past. It would be like telling Lehi the Liahona was some random stone blown to his tent door by the desert wind. These truths are so clear, it astounds me that so many can’t see them. However, I also know that these truths must be seen through spiritual eyes. How Alma the elder saw a prophet (Mosiah 17:2) and Noah a mad man (Mosiah 13:1) is incomprehensible to me. The same as how someone could read the Book of Mormon and not know it is true. But its truth and beauty are also seen through spiritual eyes.
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