8 is great.

today is the day i was baptized.... 20 years ago.

december 9, 1989.

and i haven't made a mistake since.

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just kidding.

but boy, oh, boy, am i grateful for the blessings of those covenants... and the atonement... and the ability to take the sacrament... and attend church... to learn and to grow... and to know truth... and for the companionship of the holy ghost... who, amazingly, i can hear in this noisey world of mine... and for parents who taught me right... and for the scriptures that keep teaching me new things... and for leaders who guide... and friends who support... and a million other things... but mostly, for the savior. he's the man.

Mosiah 18:9 and 10:

Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life—

Now I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you?

gosh, i love this church.