Beginning to Gain a Testimony of Jesus Christ

As a young mother, one of my few intellectual outlets was a study of the scriptures, so study I did, study guides in hand. I read “Jesus the Christ” in its entirety, side by side with “The New Testament.” Around age 21 I began to realize that there was more to this talk of Jesus Christ than I had first thought, and I began to begin to believe that he might indeed be the divine being the scriptures say he is. That is not to say I didn’t believe before, it’s just that my awareness of Jesus Christ changed in a subtle way. I had committed so few knowing sins during my life that I had a hard time understanding the need for a Savior. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t out sinning and making big mistakes on purpose at that time, either. It’s just that I began to understand that there was more about Christ that I had been missing; and that even his closest disciples didn’t comprehend the miracle of the resurrection until it actually took place. It is one thing to believe and intellectually understand the concept, but quite another to see something so outside the realm of human experience actually take place!