The Townsend Faith Blog

As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, there are a lot of perks and benefits. For instance, the second after you are confirmed a member, you get this guide called the Holy Ghost. This guide is always with you and is there to help... guide AND teach. It tells you what is right or wrong, it prompts you of what should be done or where your should go, and it helps other people who  may not be members understand what is trying to be taught to them. It is an amazing blessing to have this guide. In church today we learned a few things of what having this guide really means. Not all people who have this guide understand how it communicates. It does not use a voice or even Morse Code, it uses the users own body and their emotions to communicate. Since this is the standard form of communication, many people get lost in translation or get mixed  signals. I know when the Holy Ghost is trying to talk to me by the feelings I get (usually a burning of the bosom) and the tho

I was listening to my music library on shuffle today and the Les Miserables song sung by the character Bishop Myriel came on. For those of you unfamiliar with the story, the hero of the story (Jean Valjean) spends an unruly amount of time in jail for stealing a loaf of bread, and, now out on parole, takes advantage of the good bishop's hospitality and steals some candlesticks. Jean Valjean gets caught by local authorities and is taken back to the bishop's house to verify the accusations of thievery . The bishop tells the men that Valjean was a guest in his home, and that the candlesticks were a gift (made of pure silver), and that Valjean forgot the rest of the gift, and then bestows upon him a whole set of silver dishware. The authorities, baffled, leave Valjean at the bishop's mercy. At this time, the bishop sings this verse: But remember this, my brother See in this some higher plan You must use this precious silver To become an honest man By the witness of the mart