Todd Bruce| LDS 🇨🇦

I have been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ my whole life. Not a great member, but I attend and serve. Born in the covenant. I am a millennial raised with all Gen-X siblings well away from any Mormon Culture hot spots. My Stake is roughly the size of many mid sized states. I went to multiple EFY’s, Treks, Youth conferences. I Attended a semester of BYU-I prior to my mission. I was married in the temple, served in many heavy callings, ie bishop, Stake, etc… none of this really matters though cause a testimony is personal and requires the act of exerting fairy to keep the fire burning. As a nearly boomer, I am still learning and relearning aspects of church history that were different than I expected as a youth. None of it has changed my opinion of Joseph Smith. I love the man. But if I learned something tomorrow that made me question his choices, it wouldn’t matter one iota towards my testimony of Jesus Christ. My Sunday lessons, my seminary lessons, my scripture and my prayers, were all centred on Jesus Christ and His role as my Saviour and Redeemer. This knowledge has been revealed in the last days thru Joseph Smith and subsequent Prophets and for that I am forever grateful. Whether you feel cheated by not having the full story in some aspect of Joseph Smith, Church Restoration, Church Finances or Legal Proceedings involving the church or lack thereof, I encourage you to refocus your testimony on Jesus Christ and then put in the work that Faith requires. No, hold on, I dare you to put in the work, and see if anything if too difficult for Jesus Christ. Your life will change. While you are at it, maybe give some grace to people who made knowledge of this miracles available to us. Or don’t do any of that… but please stop making your deconstruction about anything other than your desire to distance yourself from the church of a Jesus Christ because you stopped doing the things and stopped focusing on your relationship with Jesus Christ.