Tip of the Week: Become Converted

This week's tip is to become converted!

As I was prayerfully considering what I should blog about today, my mind kept returning to one specific phrase I heard at a Family History Training I attended this morning:

"Testimony is to know and feel. Conversion is to do and become." 

Anyone can know or feel something. I'm sure most people have strong testimonies of parts, or even all, of the gospel. This being said, not all have been converted to what they have a testimony of. For example, many people have a testimony of the Word of Wisdom; however, they may not follow it entirely. They know of the blessings they may receive from following it, but they choose not to act on that knowledge.

In regards to family history, someone can understand its importance and have a sure testimony of it, but will not be fully converted to it until they choose to participate in family history work and become a servant of the Lord. Doing family history work for your ancestors is serving them and in serving them, you are serving God (Mosiah 2:17).

"Conversion includes a change in behavior, but it goes beyond behavior; it is a change in our very nature...Conversion is a process, not an event." -lds.org, Topics: Conversion.

"The Lord taught us that when we are truly converted to His gospel, our hearts will be turned from selfish concerns and turned toward service to lift others as they move upward to eternal life. To obtain that conversion, we can pray and work in faith to become the new creature made possible by the Atonement of Jesus Christ." -"Testimony and Conversion," Henry B. Eyring, Ensign, February 2015

"Would any of us truly do any less than our very best in keeping a covenant or commandment, fulfilling an assignment, or in following Christ if we were truly converted in our hearts? ...Truly converted Latter-day Saints do not go to the temple because of a quota they are expected to fulfill, but out of a sincere desire to perform sacred and saving ordinances in behalf of deceased ancestors—or even complete strangers—who cannot do the work for themselves." -"Conversion and Commitment," W. Mack Lawrence, Ensign, May 1996

I know that when we each strive to have a testimony of and become converted to family history, we will be blessed with opportunities to do so and to help others do the same. 

Alma 5:7-14
Luke 22:32