rejoin the LDS Church
Thirty year long tantrum! finally ends

My life goal was to be married in an LDS temple and I was when I was 18 years old. The returned missionary I married was having affairs before and during our marriage. I refused to believe what friends and family told me and I defended my husband for nearly two years. I finally WOKE UP and divorced him and stopped going to church. The LDS members are very persistant and kept tracking me down (for 15 years) to “be nice” to me. I formally quit the church and had my name removed. Thirty years went by and I was SURE I would never be interested in the LDS faith again. Just over a year ago I felt a twing of a former testimony and refused to listen to it. About six months ago I suddendly realized (in an instant, with nothing spectacular happening at all) that I still believed and had already returned spiritually - without even knowing it! I was re-baptized in April 2005 and finally my life is beginning to have hope. The thirty years away from the church was what I call a “tantrum” - I was angry that my husband was unworthy and therefore I must of been wrong about the church too. I am glad to be back, it has not been all easy and I strive each day to recommit myself to this better way of living.



Comments:

What courage!

I really give you a lot of credit. I’m sorry that you’ve been through so much, but I’m glad that you made the decision to be re-baptized.

I’m out of cheers for the day, so accept a texted hug…

{{{HUG}}}

God bless….

hooray!

that makes me so happy to see someone come back. keep it up, the church is indeed the way to live, and the only way to live. life will still, of course, have its ups and downs, but you have definitely taken an enormous step in getting your life to where it should be! way to go!

Fantastic!

Well done! I’‘ve been a member for 26 years now and one thing I have learned is that although the Gospel is absolutely true, the members are only human. That’s why we need the Gospel.

Keep the faith.


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