I just wrote a long entry below, but wanted to put this idea in a separate entry so it gets proper attention.
When Sister Beck spoke to us, she shared her testimony of the new mantle that President Monson has - she can sense it. And the witness she has that he is a prophet of God.
Then today I was in stake conference. Sister Tanner(general Young Women president) is in my stake and she was invited to come share her testimony. She also shared an experience she had recently with President Monson. After the experience an overwhelming assurance came that he is the Lord's prophet at this time.
It was neat both times to hear how one at a time the Lord is giving the Saints that personal witness, to sublement the knowledge we have in our heads. There is a new prophet on the earth. He will continue the work the others have done, so in some ways it seems fine to just accept that he is the next prophet. But I also believe we can receive a personal witness of his calling from God - unique and separate from anything else we've known before.
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Ruth, I had the very same assurance given me as I was bearing my testimony in sacrament meeting a few weeks ago. I look forward anxiously to being able to stand with my body of the church (the High Priests -- yes, that is still kind of weird to me) and sustain him in Conference in a few weeks.
It's awesome that Heavenly Father loves us enough to send us prophets. The least we can do to thank Him is listen and follow their guidance.
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