conversion

Converting to this gospel is more than being baptized and going to church. It is truly believing and having faith in the Savior, Jesus Christ. Different people are converted at different times in their lives. In the gospel of John there are two people that have stories based on their conversion; Nicodemus and the woman at the well. Nicodemus took three years to be converted while the woman at the well took about five minutes. One is not better than the other, both eventually were truly converted and loved and trusted the Lord with all their heart. Both of them had difficult backgrounds and stories that made it difficult for them to convert, but they loved what was taught to them. 

I love that in John 3:8 Jesus said, "the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound therof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth..." He is talking about feeling the spirit and knowing about it, but not seeing it. One thing that is sometimes hard for those converting is not seeing proof, but feeling it is just as promising. We feel the spirit just as we would feel the wind. We cannot see the wind when it is blowing around us, just like we can't see the spirit, but we can definitely feel it. I am so thankful the these past lessons on miracles and conversion because it gives me hope about my future and my family's and friend's futures.