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My Living Christ

We had an assignment in a religion class I was taking to write our testimony in the form of the Living Christ. Here is mine:  My Living Christ A long time ago, before the world was, we lived and learned together from our Father in Heaven. Then, it was time for us to receive our mortal bodies and to experience live away from our Heavenly Parents. This was done that we might return and become as They are. To accomplish this purpose, Jesus Christ volunteered to come to Earth and die for our sins, that we could be washed clean and return to live in God’s presence. This meant that Christ would come to Earth, live a perfect and sinless life, and then suffer for every sin that we would commit while there in mortality. While here on Earth, Christ performed many miracles, healing and strengthening everyone He came into contact with. He loved and taught everyone He met, even when they persecuted him for it. Near the end of His life, He completed the Atonement, suffering and atoning for every...

Lyrics I Love

 I love music. I love making my own, I like listening to what others have made. Every bit of music is just amazing to me. Who figured out that making a taut string at a certain level of stretch and density would create a consistent, musical sound? And how does music convey such powerful emotions through little more than sound? After my first breakup, I found that listening to music was very therapeutic in figuring out my feelings: certain lines in different songs would stand out as mine . Words and feelings I needed to understand, but couldn't use my own words for. Phrases and melodies that helped me work through my own complex emotions by showing me how someone else already did. Knowing that other people feel what I feel, that the confusing and complex and crowded emotions in my brain can be worked out, can be simplified. I may not understand how, or why, but music has a way of taking my jumbled mess of emotions and clarifying for me exactly what I'm feeling, whether it's ...