Testimony of Elder Skiles

Each and every one of us is a living testament of our Father in Heaven. Every rock, stick and bug is a testament of a Supreme Creator. Every breeze, cloud and ripple of water is a testament of His living hand. Everything we do, say or think is centered around a purpose, even if we cannot see it. Everyone feels like we have a Father in Heaven even if they don´t realize it. Every testimony given and experience had is a reminder of what we knew, in a time seemingly far distant that we cannot remember.

We read of one Jehovah and Jesus Christ. We hear about God and an atonement. Always we feel something testifying to us that there is a God who is our Father in Heaven. That Jesus Christ is the Son of God the Savior and Redeemer of the world. That they truly love us. We see and hear testaments of Christ-like love and desire to do the same. Our hearts begin to turn to Him and always think of Him. We search His word and begin to understand His ways are not our ways, nor our thoughts His. We come to know we are sons and daughters of God, that He has a life of eternal happiness prepared for us.

Every day we begin to change through the power of the atonement. We ourselves have a testimony, and testify of Him. We learn of a comforter, a witness of God and Jesus Christ. We learn that He has been testifying to us every day of Jesus Christ and is whom gives us our knowledge. We then begin to be able to bear ever stronger witness through the Holy Ghost. Our testaments are made sure through Him, and what we cannot say is brought to the heart.

Following the path laid by the Savior we find joy, peace and happiness. We know our purpose and that we are free from the bonds and misery of the Devil. Through Jesus Christ we will gain eternal life. We truly understand that Christ is our Savior and Redeemer and through none other can we achieve our purpose. We are living testaments that Jesus Christ is the Son of God our Heavenly Father, and that we are His children on the path to live with Him again. He lives, has a body and spirit like us, as does Christ. We are becoming like Him and through the atonement, death and resurrection of Christ we are made clean in the presence of the Father. We are literal spirit children of our Father in Heaven, and thus heirs of the Kingdom. Jesus Christ is the literal Son of God in the flesh, and the very Eternal Father of Heaven and Earth. We are His disciples, and so He is our Father. We are each testaments and witnesses of Christ. This testament I leave in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.