THE TRUTH FOUND ME

From the article, “The Truth Found Me” on page 22 of the Dec 2007 Ensign magazine we read:

“When I was 18, my mother wanted me to attend a confirmation class at our church. I was eager to go because I loved to learn about God. But it quickly became the most confusing time in my life.

I was taught that God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost were the same person---that Jesus was God in physical form. That brought up a lot of questions in my mind: Who was in heaven while God was on earth as Christ? Was Christ praying to Himself when He prayed? How could God forsake Himself while He was hanging on the cross? How could God stand at His own right hand as (the martyr) Stephen saw in a vision?

Things just didn’t seem to add up, and when I said that I couldn’t understand such things, I was told, in a very decisive way, by my teacher, “We can never comprehend God. The moment you understand God, He will cease to be God to you.”

I was too timid to say anything more, but my teacher could tell that I didn’t believe him. Consequently, I flunked the class. (Later she met the full time missionaries and they explained the Godhead to her. It made sense and she was baptized.)