I Believe In Christ

I know that my Redeemer lives. I know becuase I have felt of his infinite love and grace. I have a strong testimony of the atonement of Jesus Christ. I have always known that Jesus lives but as I prepared myself to serve a mission I had an experience that truly humbled me. For the first time in my life I realized that I could not truly become what the Lord needed me to be if I didnt repent and become whole. I read all I could find on the atonement and grace. I was praying one night and all of a sudden every bad thing I had ever done in my life came to my mind and I started to weep. I felt like Alma being wracked by the remembrance of my sins. I prayed mightily for the first time hoping that I could feel relief of my sins. I felt that the experience lasted for hours but Im sure it was only a matter 15 minutes or less. A great sense of relief and joy overcame me and I knew that the Lord accepted my desires to repent and serve Him. My testimony increased as I served the Costa Rican people throughout my mission. I gew to love my Savior more and more. I began to appreciate the words of the prophets and apostles more because I was living what they lived, doing what they did, testifying of what they testified. They know Jesus is the Christ and so do I.