Influenced by the Spirit this Easter

     I don't know why, but I feel the influence and guidance of the spirit more and more in my life. I feel more patience and love towards others and I do not come to anger very easily. I cannot tell you how much of a blessing it is to be able to look at people who hate you and don't understand you and just love them as they are and know that someday they might come to the knowledge of Gods plan for His children. It is interesting how the apostasy of the gospel has come to make people change the nature of God. I talk to many people who are confused and because of their confusion say that God doesn't have a church or the church doesn't save us only faith can, or we all worship the same God so it's all the same path that leads towards the same destination. It saddens my heart to see that Satan has confused the children of men in such great extreme. 
     I love sharing the message of the restoration. It not only shows us that God lives and guides us today, but it gives us comfort and solace in a world of mixed ideas and confused morals. I have seen hearts soften, lives change, and minds open as people have accepted the message of the restoration of the gospel and the Book of Mormon. I know the Book of Mormon to be the word of God unto the convincing of men that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, the Savior and Redeemer of the world. I pray that all men will have the opportunity to read it and live by its precepts, that they may too learn of the Will and Power of God in their own lives. I know He lives and was resurrected from the dead and broke the bands of death so that all might come unto Him and not perish but have everlasting life. I know I am a man and that I am imperfect and am a sinner, nevertheless, His grace is sufficient to cleanse me of my sins and to break the chains of sin which bind me to the flesh. He has the power to perfect us so that we too may see God and become like Him. I pray that all might repent and come unto him with full purpose of heart. I know in Him there is happiness and peace. This is my testimony in this Easter season. Amen.