Back to Basics

This past Sunday, we started our lessons from the new Gospel Principles manual. The week before, it was introduced to us, and I have been so excited about learning from the new manual.

The teacher started teaching, and we had a little discussion going. Then quoting from Genesis 1: 26-27, she read He made man in His own image to be a ruler over His other creations. At that point, a non member (who has been coming to church for the past 3 weeks) rose her hand and asked what it meant when it said that we were made in His image. Noticing that the teacher was caught off guard and a little speechless, the Relief Society President went on to explain, how we believe that God has a body of flesh and bone, His body has been perfected just like ours one day will, and that He is real enough for us to hug Him.
The look on the investigators face was priceless. She had never before thought that God had a body, and that He was a person. She had always thought of Him as some void out there. The Spirit in that room was so powerful as many other sisters started sharing their testimonies of God and Christ.

As I walked out of the room at the end of church, I thought about the investigators question a lot. Growing up in the church, I take for granted the simple things I know. Knowing that there are people out there who really don't know even the basics, makes me realize how much I take my testimony for granted. I know more then I thought I knew. I truly do feel blessed to have the knowledge I have from being raised in the gospel. I am now even more excited for next weeks lesson. I really like that we are going back to basics.