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Hi I'm Diane
At 26, I was a divorced mom of 3 children. I'm remarried now for over 30 yrs, with 8 children and 13 grchildren,and I am a Mormon.
About Me
My Parents stayed married their whole life, which is what I wanted when I got married. My 1st husband left me and our 3 young children, after 9 years of marriage. It was the hardest time in my life. My family was my whole world! I felt broken and tossed aside. The Lord pick me up, wrapped me in His loving arms, and walked with me through it. I clung to Him and my children trying to survive it. A few years later God sent someone to love me, and we have been married 30 years. I stayed at home to raise our children, but these days it is very hard to make ends meet with just one income. God helped me do both! I did daycare in my home for 30 years. It has been a good life, but not without its struggles. 2nd marriages are twice as hard. Many of our children, who have been effected by divorce, do not attend church anymore. Some turned to drugs and other addictions. I have learned with God's help you can do anything! He is there for us. I can feel His love. Through the gift of Jesus's atonement, forgiveness is given, miracles happen, hearts change, lives turn around. If you really want to know what got me through the hardest times, in my life...It is I would focused on others, which somehow made my burdens lighter. Go figure! I love to help others. My family, my friends, my church, my community. By helping I feel connected heart to heart. You have a lot of love in your life when you live like this. I get this from my Mother who taught me the love of service, and giving your best.
Why I am a Mormon
I am a Mormon, because my heart and soul tells me The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is His true church on the earth today. I was raised in the church. My parents met the missionaries, when I was young, and joined the church. My parents lived what they believed, and taught it to their children. They helped me feel it in my heart. We went to church, and my teachers, at church, helped me feel my Saviors love. Again they helped me feel it in my heart. It is a deep knowlege of truth. I was taught that the warm peaceful feeling that fills me up is the Holy Ghost bearing testimony of truth. I have felt that when I choose the right. I have felt it as I tell others my beliefs. I believe that Jesus was crucified and died for us, and that He was resurrected and He now Lives! I believe that after Jesus died, His church & His Priesthood were taken from the earth and there was a period of darkness on the earth. I know in my heart His church was restored to the earth by Heavenly Father & His Son Jesus Christ, through the Prophet Joseph Smith. I believe that His Priesthood has been restored to the earth. Priesthood holders have His power to act in His name here on the earth, blessing the sick and administering sacred ordinances to those on the earth today as He did when he was on the earth. His church is organized today as it was when He was on the earth. This church makes perfect sense to me.. ie. we believe in baptism by immersion, like Jesus was when He was baptized, our church has Apostles & Prophets, the same as His church had when He was on the earth. We believe that He still speaks to us today as He did to Prophets of old. We believe in temples, just as they had in Christ's original church. Of course His church today would have all of these. I believe in my heart and soul that it is true & that where I am, and how I am raising my family, is pleasing unto my Father in Heaven. My heart swells in gratitude for being a member of His true church!
How I live my faith
I live my faith in how I treat others. I love this saying..."When it is all said and done, what matters most, is how you treated people". God has given me a special love for children. I have taught and worked with children at church for many years. I also have done daycare in my home, as my career, for 30 years. When I am teaching them, they teach me. The simple faith of a child is a sweet thing to witness. They bring me such joy. I live my faith also in sharing my values. I was not impressed with a local art group that was placing art in our city, which was inappropriate for children. So I formed a nonprofit art organization, and we placed art that reflects our city's history. I have volunteered at school, and was on PTA when my children were young. I live my faith in how I serve others. I help in a community organization, made up of many different faiths, that work to assist the homeless and needy in our area. All of these have been such wonderful experiences for me. I have seen the Lord's hand helping me in all I try to do to help others. I live my faith by sharing my talents. I have taken on many assignments, that were much bigger than me, and what I could possibly do myself. The Lord helped me do it. He moved mountains for me. He helped me to accomplish these significant efforts. It was visible to me, and I physically felt His love and His help. It has strengthen my faith and testimony by being out in my community. He helped me let His light shine, through me. He is there! He lives and stands ready to help us succeed. For me, Faith is an action word like the word running, or jumping. My faith has grown from "doing". Like serving others, praying, reading His word in the scriptures, going to church and keeping the Sabbath day holy, obeying the commandments. All of these things are actions. They are the "doing" that helps me increase my faith.