Hi, I'm Pam

I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I'm a mom, a nana, a sister and an aunt. I'm an avid reader and have have had many interests over the years. the ones that have lasted are: keeping dogs of all kinds I once had a pet wolf and received a proposal of marriage because of it, genealogy, an interest I developed as a child, travel, cooking, quilting, knitting, and as you may have guessed, family is important to me.

Why I am a Mormon

When I was very young, someone taught me to walk as a companion of Jehovah. I come from a difficult family and walking as a companion of Jehovah makes me feel safe. Applying the teachings of the Gospel help me do that.

Personal Stories

Please explain the part prayer plays in your life?

Prayer helps you develop a "oneness" with God. I developed an attitude of prayer early in life. For me that meant remembering that God is constantly watching over us and hears every prayer. i learned to keep a constant prayer in my heart and the back of my mind at all times, all situations and all places. You can talk to God about anything, you really can. and if you listen many times you get an answer.

How does making right choices help us make more right choices?

Real intelligence is God given. Our Heavenly Father blessed each and everyone of us with a particular amount of intelligence. If we use it to make right choices and He increases our intelligence and we get more choices. In this way we learn and become more like Him. If we make wrong choices and don't repent our intelligence declines. I've felt my own intelligence increase because I applied the Gospel and made right choices, I've seen others grow as well. Unfortunately, I've seen some acquaintances decline in intelligence as well.

How I live my faith

I've held many positions in the church over the years. I've taught, learned and grown from all of them. We have a saying in this Church, "The Lord doesn't call people who are qualified, he qualifies those He calls".

What do Mormons believe about family?

Pam answered...

We believe family was instituted by God and is eternal.
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Bradley. answered...

The family is a key component to support us in God's plan for gaining immortality and eternal life. All of God's children (all the inhabitants that lived, are living, and will live on Earth) are inseperably connected to each other, both (physically) by our Earthly families and (spiritually) by our Heavenly Father.

Families help us to understand our divine heritage. In this, life takes on purpose and meaning. Our immortal spirits were created by our Heavenly Father before Earthly existance, and we are directly connected to Him in this way. As a spiritual family, our collective purpose on Earth is to follow the commandments of God that lead us to live in heaven with Him again.

Our spirits need to progress, learn, and grow. In order to achieve that, Earthly existance was created as our test. Our Heavenly Father knew that being exposed to opposing forces on Earth was the only way for us to gain knowledge and wisdom.

However, we will not always choose righteousness, and so our Savior, Jesus Christ, is that great mediator to pay the debt of our mistakes. He is the only way by which we can be saved from our sins and transgressions. He is the ultimate example by which direction we need to live our lives. With the support of our earthly kin, we can learn from each other, serve each other, and strengthen our mortal weaknesses by being disciples of Christ. Our families are a gift from God, and we can be together forever.

What are some things that tell to you there is a God?

Scott answered...

Everything in nature tells me that there is a God. The universe is so ordered, so perfectly in harmony. If you really study our wonderful little planet, you'll learn that it is so amazingly unique to be able to sustain life, that there is just no way the earth and its inhabitants were merely created by chance.
The most important reason I know there is a God, though, is because I have felt his presence in my life. Through prayer, I have built a relationship with him, and as such, I love him and know that he loves me.