How the Gospel of Jesus Christ has impacted my life.

When I was younger I thought I knew who I was.  For a while I was a cowgirl. I wore Wranglers, and boots and listened to country music.  Then I decided that I wanted to be unique so I started listening to the Beatles and wearing bell bottoms. I mistakenly thought that my clothes and music defined me.  Around that same time I began to learn about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  I started to realized that I was so much more than what I wore or what I listened to.  I began to see myself in a new light, as a daughter of God.  As my understanding grew I began to change.  I started treating my family better because I could see them for who they really were. I started making choices in my life that were based on eternity, not just what others would think of me. 

The gospel of Jesus Christ has changed how I look at myself, others and the world around me.  Where as before I could only see in the moment and was swayed by every changing trends, I now am grounded in eternal truth.  Now I see that I am a daughter of God and that I have infinite potential.  I see that each member of my family has that same potential too.  I am continually trying to see others the way that God sees them.  This eternal perspective has had a tremendous impact for good in my life.  My trials are still there, but knowing where they fit into God's plan for me, helps me know that have access to help from my Savior and that everything will work out in the end.