Beyond the Bubblegum Machine, April 2014 Ensign

Something the author said in this article stood out to me above everything else. In spite of much opposition to her decision to investigate the Church, along with a lot of pressure to discontinue her meetings with the missionaries, she makes this statement:

I felt conflicted.... But deep down I knew that the missionaries were teaching the truth. Eventually what I felt and knew on the inside overruled the external pressures in my life.

I love that statement because to me that is strength. That is spiritual power. That shows courage. To be able to honor the inner promptings and convictions of our hearts in the face of the most severe opposition, especially opposition from those closest to us and those we love most, is in my opinion a Godly quality. The author definitely had this quality, and that is a quality that I want to develop and emulate myself. I recognize that many times I am weak and I want to shrink away from certain difficult spiritual promptings. If I would only stay true to them I would learn and grow and progress, and I would, as did the author, eventually receive the desired blessings.

Read the whole article here.